Sunday, March 1, 2009

Somalia: Somali prime minister meets with clerics

The new prime minister of Somalia Omar Abdirahsid Sharmarke has met with Islamic clerics in Mogadishu on Saturday.

Somali Islamic clerics in Mogadishu have been mediating between the new government of Somalia and Islamists who rejected to be part of the peace process.

Sheik Bashir Ahmed Salad, the chairman of the Somali Uluma Council said they discussed with the prime minister about implementing Islamic Law in the country.

On the hand the cabinet ministers had their first meeting since the government relocated to Mogadishu. The meeting was a closed- doors one and it is not known what they have discussed.

But, Abdisalan Yusuf Guled an official from the office of Somalia’s prime minister said the cabinet ministers discussed the security situation of the country.


The new Prime Minister and some of his cabinet relocated to the capital on Saturday.

Source: Mareeg.com

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