Prior to Somali independence,
Afqarshe, from
Xudun, served as the communications minister for the Qusuusi in the Darwiish. The first Minister of Information post-independence was Yusuf Bowkah. From the 2000s until 2014, this ministry also oversaw the local
telecommunication industry and the
Somali Postal Service. On 17 January 2014, newly appointed Prime Minister of Somalia,
Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed split the ministerial portfolio into
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and
Ministry of Information, respectively. In 2017, Abdirahman Abdi Osman took the position of Minister of Information. ==References==