In May alone the group killed around a dozen Puntland soldiers and fired mortar rounds at telecommunications towers disrupting internet services in the region that was its stronghold until President Said Abdullahi Deni launched the Hilaac offensive in January 2025...
Instead those ambitions collided with factionalism tensions sharpened by Israel's recognition of Somaliland and the neo-secessionist posture of Puntland and hostility from Jubaland led by Said Abdullahi Deni and Ahmed Madobe respectively (AC Vol 67 No 1 Trump allies split over Mogadishu as Israel recognises breakaway Somaliland)...
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his federal government in Mogadishu previously reluctant to support the Dhulbahante claim for their own federal state pressured Puntland's President Said Abdullahi Deni and its sponsor the UAE...
A better explanation is that Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni is hoarding money to deploy during the national elections planned for next year...
The upshot of the intricate situation inside Puntland was that when the violence erupted in in Las Anod Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni was politically unable to take a stand against the insurrection...
It agreed to give up pre-conditions consented to the meeting taking place at the far from neutral Villa Somalia (the presidential compound) and to meet the president and his team without the presence of the Jubaland and Puntland presidents Ahmed Madobe and Said Abdullahi Deni...
The domestic foes range from Federal Member State presidents Said Abdullahi Deni (Puntland) and Ahmed Madobe (Jubaland) along with Mogadishu politicians ex-president Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed ‘Farmajo' Farmajo's former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to the long-time Farmajo foe Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame...
In response Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni decided to fight and he accordingly sent a battalion to the Iskushuban district...
This may emerge in changes to Puntland's stance towards Mogadishu since Said Abdullahi Deni Puntland's president is under strong UAE influence...
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- SOMALIA
- PUNTLAND
The answer say our sources lies in a lack of leadership from President Said Abdullahi Deni and the politicisation of the security apparatus (AC Vol 65 No 7 Politicking hinders the war effort)...
