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Somalia’s president suspends prime minister amid election spat
Posted On 27 Dec 2021
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Prime minister, marine forces commander suspended until corruption investigations are complete, president’s office says.

Published On 27 Dec 2021
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Somalia’s president said on Monday he had suspended the prime minister for suspected corruption, a move the prime minister described as a coup attempt, escalating a power struggle between the two leaders
The raging, months-long dispute has seen both leaders trade allegations over the holding up of parliamentary elections, and is widely seen as distracting the government of the Horn of Africa country from fighting an Islamist insurgency.