Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid addresses members of the parliament after his introduction in Mogadishu in this October 17, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Ismail Taxta
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's parliament voted on Monday to sack Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon, the speaker of parliament said, after a row with the president that has paralysed the state and threatened a shaky recovery from war.
The prime minister, who was appointed last year, fell out with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud over what legislators said was a dispute over the composition of a new cabinet, prompting Monday's no confidence vote.
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