Somalia: Sharif Appoints a Political Novice to PM

14 October 2010

Somalia President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed appointed a new Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed almost a month after the resignation of prime minister Omar Abdirashid.

"I appointed Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed who was a former Somali diplomat to be the prime minister of Somalia," Ahmed told reporters in his office in the capital Mogadishu.

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