Somalia president names new prime minister

Baidoa: Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf said on Tuesday he had named Mohammad Mohamud Guled, as the new prime minister.

Guled was the former interior minister.

"As I had promised to appoint a prime minister within three days I have appointed Mohammad Mohamud Guled," Yusuf said on local radio.

The Somali president dismissed then prime minister Hasssan Hussain Nur Adde on Sunday after they disagreed on a new cabinet demanded by donors.