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| New Somali prime minister named | New Somali prime minister named |
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| A new prime minister has been named in Somalia, three weeks after his predecessor was forced from 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 lawyer by training who is currently 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. |
| Mr Hussein, a former top policeman who is also known as Nur Adde, promised to do his utmost in his new job. | 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 | Growing crisis |
| Nur Adde takes office amid a growing humanitarian crisis in Somalia, where the UN refugee agency says 1m people are now homeless. | 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 class="" href="/1/hi/world/africa/7106979.stm">Profile: Nur Adde | |
| 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. | 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. | 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." | 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. | 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. |