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New Somali prime minister named New Somali prime minister named
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A new prime minister has been nominated in Somalia, three weeks after his predecessor left office. A new prime minister has been named in Somalia, three weeks after his predecessor was forced from office.
The new man is Nur Hassan Hussein, a former senior police officer who is now executive director of the Somali Red Crescent humanitarian organisation. The new man is Nur Hassan Hussein, a lawyer by training who is currently executive director of the Somali Red Crescent humanitarian organisation.
The announcement came from the Somali president in Baidoa, the base for the new Somali government. Mr Hussein, a former top policeman who is also known as Nur Adde, promised to do his utmost in his new job.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since President Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991.Somalia has not had a functioning government since President Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991.
Growing crisis
Nur Adde takes office amid a growing humanitarian crisis in Somalia, where the UN refugee agency says 1m people are now homeless.
I pledge to do my utmost to perform the difficult obligations in front of me, by respecting the Somali federal charter Nur AddeNew Somali prime minister
It says 200,000 people have left the capital, Mogadishu, in the past two weeks alone as conflict resumes between Islamic insurgents and government forces and their Ethiopian allies.
Somalia is so unstable that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon say it is too dangerous to send peace-keeping troops there - even though the Security Council would like to.
Nur Adde is quoted as saying: "I pledge to do my utmost to perform the difficult obligations in front of me, by respecting the Somali federal charter."
The previous prime minister, Ali Mohamed Ghedi, resigned amid intense diplomatic pressure to try to bring stability to the western-backed transitional government - and after losing a power struggle with President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.