Somali Elders Add New Wrinkle to Political Process

Publisher:
Al Jazeera English
Publication Date:
4 November 2012
Tags:
Somalia, Governance

Somalia has unveiled a new Cabinet including a female foreign minister, Fozia Yusuf Haji Aden.

She's the first woman to hold such a senior position.

But the Government is also looking to Somalia's traditional elders to help underpin the political transition.

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