Somalia: Former PM Becomes Ambassador to Italy

5 September 2009

Rome — A former prime minister in Somalia's beleaguered transitional federal government has formally taken his new post as the country's ambassador to Italy, Radio Garowe reports.

Mr. Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein, who was Somali Prime Minister between Nov. 2007 and Jan. 2009, formally accepted his ambassadorial post following a meeting this week with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, sources said.

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