When the United States officially recognised the new government of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on 20 January there was dancing in the streets of Mogadishu but there was misery in Hargeisa at least among its rulers...
For weeks diplomats in Kenya have fretted about the brewing discord between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia and Mwai Kibaki of Kenya...
That was President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia...
Optimism was high last September when President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office and appointed a cabinet led by Abdi Farah Shirdon ‘Said’ (AC Vol 53 No 22 Not yet spring in Mogadishu)...
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has given no indication that his government will hold meaningful discussions with the Hargeisa government over the issue of recognition and both Puntland and Somaliland seem resigned to focus on domestic policies...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 |
- JAPAN
- AFRICA
Prime Minister Abe Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and representatives of 16 other countries convened the Special Conference on Somalia on 31 May...
Vol 53 No 23 |
- SOMALIA
- ANALYSIS
In the two months that it took President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to appoint the Premier and other ministers he has attracted growing criticism for his aloof style...
Kenya is allowing Somali charcoal exports although President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has expressly forbidden them and most experts believe that businesses linked to Al Shabaab will benefit...
Political rivals warlords and some regional officials are already testing the mettle of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud just over a month after his election...
Somalis welcomed the election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud an outsider with a better reputation than his predecessor as the first critical test of the new constitution...
