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Somalia’s president berates Djibouti

Somalia’s president berates Djibouti

SOMALIA’S President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has accused neighbouring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security adviser, a criticism which appeared linked to a destabilising row between the president and his prime minister. Djiboutian authorities held the adviser, Fahad Yasin, preventing him from travelling to Mogadishu by air, the director of communications in the presidency Abdirashid Hashi said, without providing more details. "Such acts will not help to strengthen our ties between our governments," Hashi said in a statement. Djibouti's foreign minister, without naming any individual, denied reports that it was interfering in Somalia. "We will continue to stand by our…
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Somalia’s president suspends PM’s power to hire and fire officials

Somalia’s president suspends PM’s power to hire and fire officials

SOMALIA’S President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has suspended the prime minister's power to hire and fire officials, he said in a statement, escalating a destabilising row in the Horn of Africa nation. Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble. REUTERS/Feisal Omar The dispute between Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble, nominally over a murder investigation, marks an escalation of months of tension between them in a country riven by militant attacks and clan rivalries. "The prime minister violated the constitution," the president said in the statement, saying the suspension will last until the conclusion of elections later this year. There was…
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Somalia on edge as president, PM clash

Somalia on edge as president, PM clash

ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA’S two most powerful leaders were locked in a standoff after they named different men to head the intelligence service of the politically unstable nation in the Horn of Africa. The row between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble, nominally over a murder investigation, marks an escalation of months of tension between them in a country riven by militant attacks and clan rivalries. On Monday, Roble suspended Fahad Yasin, director of the National Intelligence Service Agency, saying he had failed to deliver a report on the case of an agent who disappeared in June.…
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Somali PM suspends intelligence chief

Somali PM suspends intelligence chief

SOMALIA’S prime minister has suspended the intelligence chief, prompting a public rebuke from the president and highlighting growing divisions at the heart of the political elite. The suspension - triggered by a dispute over investigations into an unsolved murder - followed months of wrangling that have threatened to further destabilise a country already riven by militant attacks and clan rivalries. Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble said he had told Fahad Yasin, the director of Somalia's National Intelligence Service Agency (NISA), to step aside for failing to deliver a report on the murder of one of the agency's agents. Soon after,…
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