Somalia's FM expected to be named defence minister in limited cabinet reshuffle

Somali Foreign Minister to be shifted to defense ministry in a minor cabinet reshuffle

The Somali Federal Gov’t is planning to make a reshuffle to certain ministers in the cabinet and reports say that the reshuffle will likely shift the ministers of defense and the foreign affairs. The current Foreign Minister, Ahmed Ma’alin Fiqi will be shifted to the defense ministry. If the gov’t makes the changes, it will the first time that the two ministers were shifted within a matter of two months. The longest serving defense minister, Abd…

Somalia's FM expected to be named defence minister in limited cabinet reshuffle

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s federal government is preparing to announce a mini-cabinet reshuffle this week, with Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre expected to assign Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi to the Ministry of Defence, amid an escalating militant advance in the central regions.  The reshuffle, the second change in the defence portfolio within a month, comes amid mounting concerns over the deteriorating security situation as Al…