The head of the Interim Juba Administration(IJA) Ahmed Mohamed Islaan 'Madobe' took over the southern city of Kismayo with Kenyan and Ethiopian backing (AC Vol 54 No 18 Two cheers for the Juba deal)...
JubalandWith strong backing from Ethiopia and Kenya Ahmed Madobe has been able to consolidate his grip on Jubaland since his soldiers and the Kenyan Defence Forces expelled Al Shabaab from its most important city Kismayo two years ago...
He appears intent on concentrating his resources against the Ras Kamboni militia of Ahmed Mohamed Islaan 'Madobe' in Kismayo and Kenya...
Jubaland was established in August 2013 through an agreement in Addis Ababa between the Kenyan-backed Ras Kamboni Brigade and its leader Ahmed Mohamed Islaan 'Madobe' and Mogadishu...
The leader of the Interim Juba Administration Ahmed Mohamed Islaan 'Madobe' however insists that he continue to have Kenyan protection...
Mohamud's group dislikes Kenya's influence over Kismayo port and its backing of the warlord Ahmed Mohamed Islaan ‘Madobe' who controls trade there...
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When the government of Somalia and the Jubaland administration of Ahmed Mohamed Islaan ‘Madobe' signed an interim agreement on 27 August the sighs of relief were audible...
Ahmed Madobe and his Ras Kamboni Brigade acting hand-in-hand with the Kenyan army had captured significant parts of Middle Juba and the port city of Kismayo from Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen (AC Vol 54 No 14 Aweys at bay Madobe on top & Madobe consolidates in Kismayo)...
The small concessions made by the Madobe side cannot mask the fact that this agreement gives a stamp of approval to the Jubaland process and the creation of a state in Lower Juba Middle Juba and Gedo led by Ahmed Madobe and Darod politicians including former Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke from the Osman Mahmud sub-group of the Majerteen (AC Vol 50 No 4 The Sheik Sharif show)...
In Kismayo the fighting centres on clan supremacy with the Kenyan-backed Ras Kamboni fighters under Ahmed Mohamed Islaan ‘Madobe' defending the position he claims as President of Jubaland against fighters from the Darod/Marehan clans within the Somali National Army (SNA)...
After another week of fighting for control of Kismayo port Ahmed Mohamed Islaan 'Madobe' and his Ras Kamboni militia have strengthened their grip over the region and its trade routes...
It was Ahmed Madobe's claims to have been elected President of Jubaland at a regional conference that sparked the latest fighting...
Against Hassan Sheikh’s orders Kenya allows Ahmed Mohamed Islaan ‘Madobe’ leader of its local ally the Ras Kamboni militia to profit from the export of stockpiles of charcoal from Kismayo port (AC Vol 53 No 20 Takeover at Kismayo & AC Vol 53 No 22 Not yet spring in Mogadishu)...
Hassan Sheikh attempted to prevent both key charcoal exports and any heavy-handed imposition of clan power by Ahmed Mohamed Islaan ‘Madobe’ leader of the Ras Kamboni militia allied to Kenya (AC Vol 53 No 23 Breaking ranks in Kismayo)...
