Somalia on edge as president, PM clash over intelligence chief

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Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed looks on during a parliamentary session, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, May 1, 2021. The controversial two-year term extension for Somalia’s president has evaporated after intense public pressure as the lower house of parliament has approved his request to instead support efforts to organize the country’s long-delayed national election. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” has picked a new spy chief days after the prime minister appointed a different person for the job.

The move further deepens the row between the president and the prime minister.

Prime Minister Mohamed Roble sacked the intelligence head Fahad Yasin after defying his order to give a comprehensive report on a missing female spy agent within 48 hours.

The president said the prime minister had no authority to sack the intelligence chief and reinstated him.

President Farmajo has now appointed Yasin Abdullahi Mohamed as the acting spy chief.The former intelligence head has been named the president’s security adviser.

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