SOMALIA: First Parliamentary Session in Baydhaba
The Reuter’s AlertNet reports:Â
Somalia’s parliament will meet in the country on Feb. 26 for the first time since it was formed in Kenya more than a year ago, its speaker said on Monday. A session of the 275-member legislature will take place in the southern town of Baidoa, parliamentary speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan said in Nairobi after talks with President Abdullahi Yusuf. The move is a step forward for efforts to restore government in the lawless country.Â
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