Wednesday 22 September 2010

Feuds 'crippled' Somali government: UN envoy

NAIROBI — The UN special envoy for Somalia said Wednesday that simmering fueds had "crippled" the country's government and appealed for unity a day after Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke quit.
Sharmarke stepped down Tuesday following a protracted wrangle with President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed which prompted the UN envoy, representatives from the African Union and a sub-regional bloc to call for consensus.
The diplomat, Augustine Mahiga, said Sharmake's exit "is yet another manifestation of the serious disputes" which has rattled the Horn of Africa country's transitional institutions.
"The international community and the Somali people are looking to their leaders for unity, not recurrent political crises and there should be no excuses for stalling the peace process in Somalia.Read More

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