Somalia: New interim federal cabinet named

The interim prime minister of Somalia, Ali Muhammad Gedi, on Wednesday named a partial-government of 27 ministers who immediately took oath of office at a ceremony attended by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Gedi's director of communications, Hussein Jabiri, told IRIN that the full government would consist of 31 ministers, 31 vice-ministers and five state ministers.