Somalia's new President, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, has chosen the son of a slain former leader as the country's prime minister.
US-educated Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke will join the unity government, with an official announcement expected later on Friday in Djibouti, a Press TV correspondent reported, citing government sources.
Sharmarke, whose father popular President Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke was assassinated in 1969 during a military coup, has held various United Nations posts.
The government of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who succeeded Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed as the new Somali president last month, faces the huge challenge of ending two decades of civil war following the oust of dictator Siyad Barre in 1991.
Rampant insurgency, piracy as well as dismantling health system and flagging economy are among the crises that plague the Horn of Africa country.
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