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| Somalia 'prime minister' resigns | Somalia 'prime minister' resigns |
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| A Somali official named prime minister by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed last week has quit, saying his appointment was destabilising the government. | |
| Mohamed Mahamud Guled said he had chosen to resign "so that I am not seen as a stumbling block to the peace process which is going well now". | |
| Mr Guled was appointed in defiance of Somali MPs, who said the dismissal of Nur Hassan Hussein had been illegal. | Mr Guled was appointed in defiance of Somali MPs, who said the dismissal of Nur Hassan Hussein had been illegal. |
| On Sunday, East African leaders imposed sanctions on President Abdullahi. | On Sunday, East African leaders imposed sanctions on President Abdullahi. |
| The Inter-governmental Authority on Development (Igad) said the appointment of Mr Guled had been unconstitutional and gave its backing to Mr Nur. | |
| The president said he sacked Mr Nur because his government had been "paralysed by corruption, inefficiency and treason" and had failed to bring peace. | |
| However, Somalia's parliament declared the sacking illegal and passed a vote of confidence in Mr Nur by a huge majority the following day. | |
| Torn by internal conflict, Somalia has been without an effective central government for more than 15 years. |