BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - Two thirds of Somalia's cabinet ministers resigned on Saturday, officials said, widening a rift between the president and prime minister that threatens to wreck the country's interim government.
The 10 ministers who quit were all allies of President Abdullahi Yusuf, who has appeared increasingly at odds with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein. This week, Yusuf revoked an order by Hussein sacking Mogadishu's powerful mayor.
"I have resigned because the government has failed to implement its programs and has gone against the charter," Khadija Mohammed Diriye, the former family affairs minister, told Reuters in Baidoa, where parliament sits.
She said 10 of her colleagues tendered their resignations, four of them from overseas. Somalia had 15 ministers. more..http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL245959720080802?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
The 10 ministers who quit were all allies of President Abdullahi Yusuf, who has appeared increasingly at odds with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein. This week, Yusuf revoked an order by Hussein sacking Mogadishu's powerful mayor.
"I have resigned because the government has failed to implement its programs and has gone against the charter," Khadija Mohammed Diriye, the former family affairs minister, told Reuters in Baidoa, where parliament sits.
She said 10 of her colleagues tendered their resignations, four of them from overseas. Somalia had 15 ministers. more..http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL245959720080802?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
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