Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed fired country 's prime minister on 1991 . At least 24 people have drowned off Yemen in December so far , he said , and another half-dozen are unaccounted for . PM refuses to leave ; parliament backs him ; Yusuf appoints new PM . Yusuf sanctions on Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed , says he 's undermining peace efforts . Somali has been without effective central government since Sunday .
Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed fired country 's prime minister on 1991 . PM refuses to leave ; parliament backs him ; Yusuf appoints new PM . Yusuf sanctions on Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed , says he 's undermining peace efforts . Somali has been without effective central government since Sunday .