Medeshi 01 Sept, 2008Somalia's Prime Minister Wins No-Confidence Vote in Parliament
By Hamsa Omar
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Somali Prime Minster Nur Hassan Hussein won a no-confidence vote, defeating a bid to unseat him because of the government's failure to improve the security situation in the Horn of Africa country.
Hussein won the ballot by 191 to seven with two abstentions, Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nor Madobe told lawmakers today in Baidoa, 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of the capital, Mogadishu. The vote was also called over allegations of misuse of state funds and the failure by the government to stop attacks on aid workers that caused a reduction in relief supplies.
Today's result was ''a landslide vote from the majority of the lawmakers,'' Sheik Aden said.
Somalia has been wracked by violence since Ethiopian-backed government soldiers ejected Islamic fighters from southern and central areas in January 2007. About 3.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance due to drought and civil war, according to figures released last month by the Food and Agriculture Organization-managed Food Security Analysis Unit for Somalia.
By Hamsa Omar
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Somali Prime Minster Nur Hassan Hussein won a no-confidence vote, defeating a bid to unseat him because of the government's failure to improve the security situation in the Horn of Africa country.
Hussein won the ballot by 191 to seven with two abstentions, Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nor Madobe told lawmakers today in Baidoa, 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of the capital, Mogadishu. The vote was also called over allegations of misuse of state funds and the failure by the government to stop attacks on aid workers that caused a reduction in relief supplies.
Today's result was ''a landslide vote from the majority of the lawmakers,'' Sheik Aden said.
Somalia has been wracked by violence since Ethiopian-backed government soldiers ejected Islamic fighters from southern and central areas in January 2007. About 3.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance due to drought and civil war, according to figures released last month by the Food and Agriculture Organization-managed Food Security Analysis Unit for Somalia.
