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| Somalia: Puntland reshuffles its cabinet |
| 2012-09-17 |
| (Sh.M.Network)-- Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, the president of Somalia's northern semi-autonomous state of Puntalnd, made on Saturday a momentous changes, reshuffling the cabinet ministers. On Saturday a decree issued by The Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole has reshuffled the following ministers,Deputy Ministers and state ministers;- 1-The Minister of Aviation Ali Ahmed Gamute was changed to Minister of Commerce and was replaced by Minister Hassan Yasin Mohamed; 2-Asho Gelle who served under former President Gen. Adde Muse and had been a minister of Women Affairs for seven years was replaced by Halimo Hassan Haji; 3- The Minister of Information Ahmed Ali Askar was also let go and replaced with Mohamud Aydid Ibrahim. According to Ahmed Aydid Director of Puntland's state house, there have been many new Deputy Ministers and State Ministers announced for ministries such as Planning and International Cooperation, Environment, Internal Affairs and Education. |
| Posted by:Fred |