Somali president is resigning

The World

The Somali president, Abdullahi Yusuf, has announced he’s resigning. Mr. Yusuf has come under increasing pressure since he tried to sack the Somali prime minister in a power struggle nearly two weeks ago. BBC’s Africa editor, Martin Plaut, joins us now to explain more.

“One thing that might work is if people stopped trying to intervene in it.” –Martin Plaut on regenerating a Somalian government

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