Somalia: Somali PM Fires His Foreign Minister

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Somalia: Somali PM Fires His Foreign Minister

[Shabelle] Mohamed Hussein Roble, the prime minister of Somalia has on Thursday sacked Ahmed Isse Awad from his post as foreign minister and replaced him with Mohamed Abdirizak.

Source: allAfrica.com

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