NAIROBI – Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein has accused the country’s president of blocking the creation of a new cabinet, undermining efforts to restore stability in the country. More on Dictator Yusuf under fire

Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has said Islamist insurgents now control most of the country, and have advanced to the edge of Mogadishu.

Mr Yusuf said there was no effective government in Somalia, and that insurgents were now able to carry out attacks in the capital at will. More on Somali head admits militant gains

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Somali government is close to collapse because disputes within its ranks have allowed armed Islamic insurgents to take control of much of the country, the president said.

President Abdullahi Yusuf’s remarks to about 100 Somali lawmakers in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, late Saturday represent the first admission by any official that the government is losing control. More on Somalia puppet government on verge of collapse