MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Sunday introduced a restricted cupboard reshuffle, reassigning three senior ministers in a transfer that underscores rising political turbulence inside his administration.
In an announcement issued by his workplace, Barre appointed Ahmed Moalim Fiqi as the brand new Minister of Defence, shifting him from his earlier position as Minister of Overseas Affairs. Fiqi replaces Jibril Abdirashid Haji Abdi, who had held the publish for only some weeks. Abdi will now function Second Deputy Prime Minister.
In the meantime, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Abdisalam Dhaay has been named the brand new Minister of Overseas Affairs.
The reshuffle, which had been extensively anticipated for weeks, has intensified scrutiny over the Prime Minister’s management and his authorities’s reliance on political recycling. Critics argue the modifications merely rotate long-serving insiders quite than introducing recent faces able to addressing Somalia’s entrenched challenges, together with insecurity, financial stagnation, and institutional fragility.
Analysts say the reshuffle displays the administration’s deepening political uncertainty and an obvious insecurity in its skill to herald efficient new management.
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