President Ahmed Madobe of South West State and Farmajo are locked in dispute over the polls...

Qalbi Dhaga is popular there especially in the rank and file of Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe's supporters since he belongs to an important sub-clan of Mahamed Subeyr/Ogadeni...

Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe's relations with the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) which attempted to use South West State as a buffer zone after its invasion in 2016 are deteriorating...

The Jubaland president Ahmed Madobe (who is Ogadeni) has tried to shore up his position by playing the Guri off against the Galti...

An instance of Farmajo putting his political interests first came in Jubaland the devolved state bordering Kenya where Ahmed Madobe presides where he exploited his clan (Marehan) influence in Gedo an important part of the region...

It secures the northern border against Ethiopian army and police incursions and it removes the possibility of the Kenyan and Ethiopian armies clashing over their proxies Ahmed Madobe and Farmajo respectively...

A long-running maritime dispute plus simmering tensions over Kenya's support for President Ahmed Madobe of the federal member state of Jubaland which Nairobi regards as a buffer against the Al Shabaab Islamist militia and Kenya's harbouring of Jubaland's fugitive security minister Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur Janan accused of war crimes had already left Kenya-Somalia relations at their lowest ebb in decades (AC Vol 61 No 6 Frontier fracas & Vol 60 No 18 Jubaland row heats up oil tiff)...

The Jubaland and Puntland presidents Ahmed Madobe (Darod/Ogadeni) and Said Deeni (Darod/Majerteen) decided not to send their delegates to the commissions...

Last year Farmajo and Yasin wanted to sideline Ahmed Madobe the Jubaland president and have someone loyal to them elected there (AC Vol 61 No 10 Who wants an election...