Somalia: Prime Minister Reaches Mogadishu
December 25, 2008

Somalia's Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussien (Nur Adde) arrived in Mogadishu, Radio Shabelle reports on Thursday.

The prime minister from Nairobi, Kenyan Capital arrived at Aden Adde international airport in Mogadishu early on Thursday and he was directly escorted to his house in the presidential palace.

The prime minister met Jendayi Frazer, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs while he was in Nairobi.

He did not give any news to the media, but his arrival comes as legislators in Baidoa told Radio Shabelle that president Abdulahi Yusuf is planning to announce his resignation on Saturday.

Yusuf has been accused by donor countries and regional governments of being an obstacle to U.N.-hosted peace talks.

His rift with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein has pushed the Western-backed interim government, struggling against Islamist insurgents, to the brink of collapse.

A delegation led by Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, the chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia reached in Mogadishu yesterday (Wednesday) and said they came back to Mogadishu to maintain the peace efforts in Somalia.

Source: All Africa