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Somali Parliament Approves New Cabinet Amid Attacks

Members of parliament have overwhelmingly endorsed new Cabinet ministers appointed by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre last week.

During the vote, several mortar explosions hit the capital. Eyewitness in Mogadishu's Warta Nabada neighborhood told VOA that several rounds of shells landed near the presidential palace.

Among the ministers whom parliament endorsed was Mukhtar Robow Ali, known as Abu Munsor - the former deputy leader and spokesman in militant group Al-Shabaab. He is now the religious affairs minister.

Meanwhile, in the town of Jowhar, the capital of Somalia's Hirshabele state, a bomb blast near a hotel that al-Shabab attacked last month wounded at least five people, including a soldier, two children and two women. No one has claimed responsibility.

Ibrahim Ali Nur, a local journalist in the town, spoke with VOA and said the explosion destroyed several properties. Jowhar is an agricultural town located 90 kilometers north of Mogadishu.

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An view of Aden Abdulle International airport in Mogadishu, Somalia in January 2022.

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