Somali premier dissolves cabinet
BBC News, UK - December 16, 2007

The newly appointed prime minister of Somalia's transitional government, Nur Hassan Hussein, has said he is dissolving the cabinet.

Speaking in Baidoa, he said he meant to appoint new ministers, half of them from outside the transitional parliament set up three years ago.

The new cabinet would have much fewer than the current 30 members, he added.

Correspondents say Mr Hussein faces the difficulty of placating Somalia's main clans and sub-clans.

Many of them insist on being represented in the government.

Somalia has been politically fragmented since 1991, and the transitional government, faced with an insurgency, is dependent on international aid and Ethiopian military support to function ...