Somalia's Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 27, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) - Parliament narrowly elected former prime minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as president of Puntland on Wednesday, backing his campaign against corruption and insecurity in the relatively peaceful Somali region.
At the tip of the Horn of Africa and with a third of Somalia's population of about 10 million, the semi-autonomous Puntland spans the north of Somalia and has largely escaped the worst of the country's upheaval of the last 20 years.
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