Former Somali Ministers Make Way for New Cabinet

The new ten-member cabinet is expected to take up office as soon as the former ministers start transferring power.

Somalia: Former TFG Ministers Begin to Transfer Power

Shabelle Media Network, 18 November 2012

Some of Former TFG ministers have on Sunday transferred the power to the elected federal ministers by Abdi Farah Shirdon, Somali prime minister. read more »

Copies of the Qur'an are laid out ahead of the swearing-in ceremony for Members of the New Federal Parliament of Somalia (file photo).

Somalia: Somalia Cabinet Ministers Sworn In

Shabelle Media Network, 15 November 2012

Somalia's newly elected cabinet ministers have been sworn in today in Mogadishu during a colorful ceremony held at the presidential compound in Mogadishu, Somali capital. read more »
Somalia: UN Envoy Welcomes Somali Parliament's Endorsement of New Cabinet As an 'Important Milestone'

UN News Service, 13 November 2012

The United Nations top political official for Somalia today welcomed the recent endorsement by the East African country's parliament of a new cabinet, the so-called Council of ... read more »
Somalia: Federal Parliament Approves Cabinet of Ministers

Garowe Online, 13 November 2012

Somalia's Federal Parliament gave a vote of approval for Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon's 10-minister Cabinet in Mogadishu on Tuesday, Garowe Online reports. read more »
Somalia: Parliament Approves New Smaller Cabinet

Shabelle Media Network, 13 November 2012

Somalia's parliament on Tuesday passed a vote of confidence in the newly formed cabinet of Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon, Mohamed Osman Jawari, speaker of the parliament told ... read more »
Somalia: The Approval of Country's New Cabinet Postponed

Shabelle Media Network, 10 November 2012

Somali parliament has on Saturday postponed the confidential vote for the new leaner cabinet ministers put forward by Abdi Farah Shirdon, Somali Prime Minister. read more »

InFocus

No Confidence Vote for New Somali Cabinet?

A group of MPs have rejected what they call the "incomplete" list of cabinet ministers proposed by the prime minister, a move seen as a possible further delay in assigning and ... Read more »
- Somalia: 30 MPs Reject Confidence Vote for 'Incomplete Cabinet'
- Somalia: Large Rally in Mogadishu in Support of the New Cabinet