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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A long-brewing power struggle between the Somali prime minister and its president ended Monday with the premier's resignation, throwing the government into further disarray as it struggles with an Islamic insurgency.
Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and President Abdullahi Yusuf have been at loggerheads for months in the Horn of Africa nation. Meanwhile, the government has drifted as Islamic insurgents attack against government troops and allied Ethiopian forces in the capital, Mogadishu.
"Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has tendered his resignation," said Salad Ali Geele, deputy defense minister and a close friend of the prime minister. Yusuf later accepted the resignation.
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