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...Somalia, the country they are fleeing, continues to fall further into misery, seemingly unfazed by turmoil and despite the ministrations of the outside world. And on Monday, the President who had ruled the transitional government that was supposed to make things better stepped down...
President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, 74, acknowledged to the country's parliament that Somalia was paralyzed and that there was nothing more he could do. "As I promised when you elected me on Oct. 14, 2004, I would stand down if I failed to fulfill my duty. I have decided to return the responsibility you gave me," Yusuf told them. "I said I will do everything in my power to make government work across the country. That did not happen either." That statement may just be a late contender for 2008 Understatement of the Year. At the very least...
...approach. "We support and respect President Yusuf's decision to resign as President of the transitional federal government and welcome his commitment to continue supporting the Djibouti peace process," State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said. "We acknowledge President Yusuf's contributions to long-term peace and stability in Somalia...
...would be hard-pressed to do so. Yusuf, a former Somali army officer, later became one of the country's most powerful warlords and had forced the previous Prime Minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, to resign after a political struggle. He has enormous power because he comes from one of Somalia's biggest clans, the Darod, and carries the implicit threat of a new outbreak of clan fighting wherever he goes...
...Somalia They Have a Government? A political feud has roiled this East African country ever since President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed abruptly fired Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein on Dec. 14 over disagreements on how to negotiate peace treaties among factions inside the country. Claiming that Yusuf had no authority to fire Hussein, Somalia's parliament and neighboring Kenya have rallied to Hussein's side, while a defiant Yusuf announced he is appointing a new Prime Minister. The power struggle belies the fact that the central government controls only a tiny slice of the country. Warlords, Islamists and the pirates...