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 BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) - Hundreds gathered outside the home of Somalia's prime minister Monday to show their support for the embattled leader, who barely survived a no-confidence vote in parliament over the weekend.
The demonstrators carried signs and chanted the name of Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Gedi, who kept his job Sunday even though only 88 lawmakers voted to keep him and 126 voted to remove him. The motion needed 139 votes against him to pass.
"We have seen what happens when we have no government," said Baidoa resident Safiya Roobaa, who was among about 200 people at Monday's rally. "We need a government, and a bad government is better than none."
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