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 Baidoa, (insidesomalia.org) - Somali prime minister Nor Hassan Husein has left in Baidoa town southwestern Somalia on Wednesday-officials said.
The PM escorted by members of Somali government have jointly taken air from Mogadishu to Baidoa town the temporary base of Somali government.
Sources close to Somali premier say that his travel plan is to report his work chart to the parliament and the accountability of his government and its worktable.
The new Somali prime minister’s moves to include the Islamist opposition in peace efforts has begun to pay off, observers say, raising hopes for progress in a country in chaos for nearly two decades.
Since taking office in November, Nur Hassan Hussein has engaged Somalia’s Islamist opposition - unlike his predecessor Ali Mohamed Gedi.
"The international community is very pleased by the approach of Prime Minister Hussein, which consists in talking to rival politicians," said Mario Raffaelli, Italy’s special envoy for Somalia.
"European Union (EU) states have insisted on dialogue as military solutions can’t overcome the current chaos in Somalia and the premier came with a clear roadmap to peace," Raffaelli, a seasoned Somalia observer, told AFP. "You make peace with enemies not with friends."
The signs of hope for Somalia, where civil chaos has defied more than a dozen peace initiatives since the 1991 ouster of former president Mohamed Siad Barre, come even as violence continues to rage across the country.
The Islamic Courts Union, a militia which ousted US-backed warlords from Mogadishu in 2006, briefly ruled large parts of the country before being defeated by Ethiopian forces last year.
Ethiopian-backed Somali government troops are still battling the movement’s military wing and allied clans in a guerrilla war which has left thousands dead and displaced hundreds of thousands.
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