The installa
tion of the federal parliament, the election of the president of parliament and of his vice-presidents, the appointment by parliament on
10 October 2004 of Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed as president of the republic, and the appointment of the Prime Minister of the federal government were important steps, but the help and support provided by the Union was too half-hearted, and the lack of prompt action to help the population has left the way open to a resurgence of radical fundamentalism, wh
...[+++]ich poses more and more of a risk because it is allied to terrorism.