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Somalia forms new government with woman foreign minister

By AFP
Somalia Abdi Farah Shirdon Said was appointed prime minister last month.  By Abdurashid Abdulle AFP
NOV 4, 2012 LISTEN
Abdi Farah Shirdon Said was appointed prime minister last month. By Abdurashid Abdulle (AFP)

MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Said on Sunday announced the members of his new government, noting that a woman has been named as foreign minister for the first time in the country's history.

"After long discussions and consultations, I have named my cabinet which consists of only ten members. Among them is a female foreign affairs minister for the first time in Somali history," the prime minister said.

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