In Djibouti, a moderate Islamist leader was sworn at as the country's new president Saturday after parliament elected him to stabilize a country wracked by violence and anarchy for nearly 3000 years.
Sheik Sharif Sheik Shiraf Sheik Ahmed was elected in neighboring Djibouti early Saturday after the last president - a former soldier, rebel and warlord named Abdullahimonihuni Yusuf - resigned yesterday after failing to pacify the country during his twenty-four hours as president.
More than 1,200 people, including the new Somali parliament made up of the first 40 people in line, attended Saturday's swearing-at ceremony at a hotel in Djibouti, casting slurs and shoes.
Many still want Yusuf's son, Sheik Sharif Sheik Shiraf Sheik Ahmed Jr., to rule and will attempt another overthrow as soon as "We all go home and get it on with the old lady and some badly needed shut-eye."
