New Somali cabinet announced
Somalia鈥檚 new cabinet has been unveiled, the first following President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud鈥檚 election in May.
Somalia鈥檚 new cabinet has been unveiled, the first following President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud鈥檚 election in May. One or two inclusions will raise some eyebrows, including that of former al-Shabab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow, who has been named minister for endowment and religious affairs.
Plus, DRC government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya tells Focus on Africa that people in North Kivu are frustrated by persistent insecurity. The Congolese government wants UN peacekeepers to speed up their planned withdrawal from the country.
And the latest in the saga of the contested burial of late Angolan president Jos茅 Eduardo dos Santos.
(Photo: Somalia's new cabinet, pictured in Mogadishu; Credit: Getty Images)
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