Somalia: Somali PM Fires His Foreign Minister

Mohamed Hussein Roble, the prime minister of Somalia has on Thursday sacked Ahmed Isse Awad from his post as foreign minister and replaced him with Mohamed Abdirizak.

It is yet unclear reason behind the dismissal but it came hours after Awad refuted a statement from his office regarding the conflict in Ethiopia.

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