MOGADISHU, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Sunday announced a mini-Cabinet reshuffle, where new appointments to the ministries of foreign, security, and internal affairs were made.
In the new changes, the current Minister for Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation Ahmed Moalim Fiqi was named minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Fiqi served as ambassador of Somalia to Sudan and later became head of the National Intelligence and Security Agency from 2010 to 2013. He was the minister for internal security for Galmudug State before becoming a member of Parliament and then ascending to the position of Minister of Interior and Federal Affairs.
The ministry of foreign affairs has been without a minister since former minister Abshir Omar Haruse resigned in December 2023.
The PM appointed Ali Yusuf Ali as minister for Interior and Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail as minister for Internal Security in the latest Cabinet reshuffle.
In addition, the prime minister fired the ministers for Energy and Water Resources, Posts and Communication, and the State Minister for Environment and Climate Change.
He named Abdullahi Bidhan Warsame as minister for Energy and Water Resources and Mohamed Aden Moalim as minister for Posts and Communications, while appointing Ahmed Omar Mohamed as state minister for Environment and Climate Change.
The ministerial dockets of women and human rights development were not filled during the latest reshuffle after the previous occupant Khadija Mohamed Diriye died in December 2023. ■