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| Somali PM Abdi Farah Shirdon loses confidence vote | Somali PM Abdi Farah Shirdon loses confidence vote |
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| Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has lost a vote of confidence in parliament after 15 months in office, in what is seen as a blow to efforts to stabilise the country. | Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has lost a vote of confidence in parliament after 15 months in office, in what is seen as a blow to efforts to stabilise the country. |
| He fell out with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud last month after he tried to sack some of the president's allies from the cabinet. | He fell out with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud last month after he tried to sack some of the president's allies from the cabinet. |
| Mr Mohamud took office in 2012 in a UN-backed move to end years of conflict. | Mr Mohamud took office in 2012 in a UN-backed move to end years of conflict. |
| Islamist militant group al-Shabab still controls many areas. | Islamist militant group al-Shabab still controls many areas. |
| Pro-government forces, including those of the African Union, have pushed the militants out of most of the country's major cities over the past 18 months. | |
| But al-Shabab continues to stage attacks. | |
| 'Coming of age' | |
| Before the vote, Mr Shirdon told the BBC he would accept the outcome in order to support the country's "weak" institutions. | |
| He lost by 184 votes to 65. | |
| BBC Somali analyst Abdullahi Abdi Sheikh says this brings to an end a dispute between Somalia's two political leaders, which has paralysed government activities for several weeks. | |
| The president now has 30 days to appoint a new prime minister. | |
| Many Somalis blame the country's constitution for the political struggle, since there is confusion over the division of power between president and prime minister, our analyst says. | |
| But UN Somalia envoy Nicholas Kay said it was progress that the wrangle had been settled according to the constitution. | |
| "Somalia's institutions are coming of age," he said. |