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Somalia
Beleaguered PM Hamza Abdi Barre struggles to form a government

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Somalia's newly appointed prime minister Hamza Abdi Barre
Somalia's newly appointed prime minister Hamza Abdi Barre © Reuters Marketplace - Reuters Pictures Archive

On 25 May, Somalia's recently appointed prime minister Hamza Abdi Barre was given a ten-day reprieve by parliament to form a government. He has very limited room for manoeuvre as he tries to honour campaign promises while at the same juggling the demands of competing clans.

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