Somali parliament member resigns - PressTV

Wed, 26 Nov 2008

Thousands of Somalis have been killed and displaced in Africa's worst crisis.A senior member of Somali parliament has resigned in reaction to the increased human rights violations in the conflict-torn nation.

"I don't want to be a member of a government that is responsible for great inhuman actions against civilians," Justice Minister Hassan Dhimbil Warsame told reporters in a news conference on Tuesday. The lawmaker also added that he regrets wasting away four years serving the country's dysfunctional transitional government, and asked God and the Somali people for forgiveness, Press TV correspondent in Somalia reported.

Somalia has been without an effective central government since president Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991. Violence is now at its worst level in the conflict-torn nation, with hundreds of civilians killed and thousands more forced to leave their homes, sparking Africa's worst humanitarian crisis.