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New Somaliland President Names Cabinet

   VOA News 28 July 2010
   Somaliland's  incoming  President  Ahmed  Mohamed  'Silyano' Mohamoud,
   center,  and  Vice  President  Abdirahman Abdallahi Ismai, right, wave
   after   President   Mohamoud  was  sworn  in  as  Somaliland's  fourth
   president, during a brief inauguration ceremony, 27 Jul 2010

Photo: AP

   Somaliland's  incoming  President  Ahmed  Mohamed  'Silyano' Mohamoud,
   center,  and  Vice  President  Abdirahman Abdallahi Ismai, right, wave
   after   President   Mohamoud  was  sworn  in  as  Somaliland's  fourth
   president, during a brief inauguration ceremony, 27 Jul 2010

   Somaliland's new president has appointed 26 ministers and deputies, in
   what  he  says  is  the  smallest  Cabinet in the breakaway republic's
   history.
   In  a  speech  Wednesday,  President  Ahmed  Mohamed  Silanyo said his
   region's  coffers  are  empty  and  his  government  will work hard to
   improve  the  economy.   He  also  said he will work closely with the
   international community.
   Mr.  Silanyo  beat incumbent Dahir Riyale Kahin in June elections with
   just short of 50 percent of the vote.
   The presidential election was Somaliland's first in seven years, after
   several  delays.  The inauguration Tuesday was one of the few peaceful
   transfers  of  power  from  an incumbent to an opposition candidate in
   Africa's post-independence history.
   Somaliland  declared  its  independence  from  the  rest of Somalia in
   1991.   The  self-declared  republic runs its own affairs but has not
   received international recognition.
   President  Silanyo  will  serve a five-year term in office.  He faces
   several   challenges,   including   insurgent   threats,  poverty  and
   unemployment.

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