{"id":72095,"date":"2014-12-07T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T10:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=72095"},"modified":"2014-12-07T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T10:36:32","slug":"somalia-pm-resign-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/somalia-pm-resign-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia PM to resign after vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
Somalia’s Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, has accepted a parliament vote asking him to resign.<\/p>\n
In a session on Saturday, 153 members voted to oust Mr Ahmed, with 80 voting for him to stay.<\/p>\n
Correspondents say the vote is part of a political battle between Mr Ahmed and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud which has crippled the government.<\/p>\n
Security has improved in the country in recent years but the government remains weak and largely ineffective.<\/p>\n
Various armed groups have been battling for control of Somalia since President Siad Barre was ousted in 1991.<\/p>\n
The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group has been responsible for a string of suicide attacks in Somalia which have left hundreds dead.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Somalia’s Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, has accepted a parliament vote asking him to resign. In a session on Saturday, 153 members voted to oust Mr Ahmed, with 80 voting for him to stay. Correspondents say the vote is part of a political battle between Mr Ahmed and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud which has crippled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":72096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n