Ahmed Abdi Ilkacase is the new president of the Ogaden region in Ethiopia (Courtesy)
ADDIS ABABA—-President of the Somali region of Ethiopia Abdi Mohamoud Omar Abdi Iley resigns after several days of standoff with the federal Government of Ethiopia.
Finance Minister Ahmed Abdi Ilkacase is named an interim president of the Ogaden region.
The new development is set to cool down tension in the Somali-majority region.