NAIROBI, Kenya — Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia’s combative ex-warlord of a president who has been widely blamed for his country’s deepening crisis, resigned on Monday, casting Somalia into a deeper political abyss, but at the same time possibly creating an opportunity. More on It’s A New Day FOR SOMALIA, THE DICTATOR IS OUT!

Dictator  Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned, ending a four-year tenure in which he failed to bring peace to the Horn of Africa nation that has been wracked by conflict for the past 17 years.

Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nor, the speaker of parliament, will assume the presidency under the country’s transitional federal charter, Yusuf told lawmakers in the nation’s parliament in Baidoa, 250 kilometers (155 miles) northwest of the capital, Mogadishu. The address was broadcast on Capital Voice, a closely held broadcaster. More on The dictator of Somalia, Woyanne backed Yusuf is gone for good

Yesterday – marks the second year anniversary of the invasion of Woyanne  troops into Somalia. It was December 28, 2006 when Woyanne forces entered Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia after two days in the city of Bal’ad situated about 30 kilometers north of Mogadishu and the city of Afgoye situated 30 kilometers south of Mogadishu. More on Second Year Anniversary of Woyanne Invasion of Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s president will resign Monday to try to end government infighting before the country’s Ethiopian Woyanne allies leave, a senior ally said Sunday in the latest in a series of conflicting statements on the leader’s future.

President Abdullahi Yusuf will address a special session of the country’s parliament to announce his retirement from politics, said Abdirashid Sed, a confidant of Yusuf and the most senior figure to comment so far on the president’s plans. More on Somalia Woyanne puppet dictator Yusuf is expected to resign today