Arabic News Weekly Edition for Somalia, 10/16/2000
Weekly Edition, Somalia - Week of October 16, 2000
- The first Somali government to be formed since 10 years
The Somali prime minister Ali Halif Qalaeydah on Friday formed the first Somali government since 10 years including 23 ministers, representing various Somali tribes and groups. Somalia, Politics, 10/21/2000 - Former Somali army officer killed in Makadishu
A former Lt. Gen. in the army allied with the new government in Somalia was killed in Makadishu on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire on him. Somalia, Politics, 10/20/2000 - Somali official assassinated in Makadishu
Unidentified persons on Wednesday assassinated Youssef Talan one of the Aides of the Somali President Abdul Qasem Salat Hassan in the southern part of Makadishu. Somalia, Politics, 10/19/2000 - Somali president returns back to Makadishu to form a government
the new Somali President Abdul Qasem Salat Hassan on Saturday returned back to Makadishu from Djibouti to form his government which will be headed by Ali Khalaf Jaleed, who by his turn returned on the same plane boarded the President. Somalia, Politics, 10/16/2000