The Supreme Court in Somalia on Tuesday supported the president in the dispute with the speaker of the parliament over how to conduct the vote to confirm the newly- appointed prime minister.
The Somali leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed maintains the vote to be an open one while the parliament speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan contends [...]
Mogadishu (Gubta.com) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has today named Mohamed Abdullahi as the new prime minister of the transitional government.
The president said”after long consultations I have appointed Mohamed Abdullahi as the new prime minister and I wish him good luck”.
Mr. Abdullahi is a former diplomat who worked at the Somali embassy in New York.
The [...]
Mogadishu (Gubta.com) The president’s sub clan, Mudulod, seem to have withdrawn their support from him. They were reported to have said that they have no sympathy for the president’s government.
On the contrary, Mudulod applauded and gave unwavering support to the previous regime of Abdullahi Ahmed Yussuf,who was from a different sub clan. Abdullahi Ahmed Yussuf [...]
Rome (Gubta.com) The President of Somali Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met this evening with Italian foreign Minister Franco Frattini. The President was accompanied in today’s meeting by the minister of foreign affairs and other high ranking officials from the the transitional government.
Among the issues the two officials discussed were the situation in Somalia and strengthening the close [...]
Mogadishu (Gubta.com) The president of the transitional federal government of Somalia has today congratulated officials of the two autonomous regions of Galmudug and Xibin and Xeeb for striking an agreement to work together and end hostilities between the two regions.
President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh, hailed the officials for taking a courageous step towards resolving their conflict.
“The [...]