Like every Puntland leader since it was formed in 1998  Abdiweli Mohamed Ali 'Gaas' had to have the Ethiopian imprimatur (AC Vol 55 No 5  Hopes pinned on big push)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Puntland President  former national Premier  Abdiweli Mohamed Ali 'Gaas'  will spend most of the year arguing with Mogadishu to keep Puntland intact  an internationally supported aim...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Meanwhile  some observers fear that Puntland and Somaliland may not be far from armed confrontation over disputed territory  as Puntland's new President and Somalia's former Prime Minister  Abdiweli Mohamed Ali ‘Gaas'  tries to set himself up as a rallying figure for all Darod clans...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Puntland held a dubious indirect presidential election on 8 January  when former Premier Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas defeated President Abdirahman Mohamud Farole by one vote...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 53 No 23 | 
            - SOMALIA
- ANALYSIS
	     Other members include the Finance Minister  the Public Works and Reconstruction Minister  Muhiyadin Mohamed Kalmoy (Bantu/Shidle from Jowhar and ex-Ambassador to Libya)  and the Social Development Minister  Maryan Qasim (Gibilad/Barawin)  who was a member of the cabinet of Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas until October 2012...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Earlier this year  outgoing Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali  from the Darod/Majerteen  installed his former classmate Abdullahi Ali Nur (Hawiye/Abgal/Waisle) as new port manager...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed criticised the committee because the then Speaker  Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden (Rahenweyn/Ashraf)  and Prime Minister  Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (Darod/Majerteen/Omar Mohamud)  had chosen its 27 members...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Many Somalis believe that Kenya tried to get the Transitional Federal Government Prime Minister  Abdiweli Mohamed Ali  elected president because they were confident of a quick agreement on maritime borders  which would allow oil exploration to proceed...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 53 No 5 | 
            - SOMALIA
- BRITAIN
	     Yet neither he nor his fellow platform occupants – Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon  and African Union Commission President Jean Ping – could announce any breakthrough (AC Vol 53 No 4  No great expectations)...