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New Cabinet aims to end crisis

Prime Minister of Somalia Ali Mohamed Gedi

President Abullahi Yusuf told parliament on Aug. 7 that the prime minister will name a leaner, better qualified Cabinet to resolve differences in the government and prepare it to counter an armed Islamic fundamentalist group's bid to take over the country.

The current Cabinet will be dissolved to allow Prime Minister Mohamed Gedi to nominate new members to a 31-member Cabinet, down from the 42 that has been stipulated in Somalia's transitional charter, Yusuf said in a speech broadcast live on Somali radio stations. He said the Cabinet would be nominated within seven days.

A rift within the government over how to respond to the influence of Islamic militants has seen 40 Cabinet and junior ministers resign since July 27.

Somalia has not had an effective central government since warlords toppled longtime dictator Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned against each other, plunging the country into anarchy.

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