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Egal rings the changes in Somaliland cabinet

    AMSTERDAM
    The president of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, has sacked four of his ministers and switched the porfolios of another four in a major cabinet reshuffle, Reuters news agency reported on Sunday. A number of cabinet changes had been in the air but a reshuffle on this scale had not been anticipated, one Somalia observer told IRIN. Giving no reasons for the dismissals, Egal sacked Ministers Abdillahi Omaw Qawdan (Justice), Rashid Hagi Abdillahi (Defence), Hassan Mawlid Ahmed (Information) and Ismail Aden Osman (Commerce), in addition to the chairman of the Supreme Court, Osman Hussein Kheire, police commander Elmi Roble Furre, and Berbera port manager Ali Omer Hor-Hor, the agency said. Omar Mohamed Nimale, formerly of the Interior, has been switched to Defence; Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, formerly of Finance, to Planning and Foreign Relations; Mohamed Said Gees, formerly of Planning, to Finance; and Muse Hagi Mohamoud, formerly of Agriculture, to Information. Mohamed Jabril, former commander of the Custodian Corps, has been named police commander and Salebran Farah as the new manager of Berbera port.

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