Hamza Barre gets confidence vote to become Somalia’s 21st prime minister
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Hamza Abdi Barre assumed office as Somalia’s 21st prime minister after receiving a vote of confidence from all the 220 members of parliament in Somalia on Saturday.
The new prime minister will pick his Cabinet in 30 days.
Parliament Speaker Aden Madobe was quoted by the local media as saying that all 220 lawmakers present on Saturday cast their votes in favor of Barre.
This came a month after the parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the new president.
However, the new government will have to deal with a number of challenges with a collapsing economy, devastating effects of climate change, poverty and starvation, alongside spiralling violence by armed militant groups.
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