He wishes to appoint Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as his special representative in negotiations over the future of the statelet with ambitions of independence...
The largest part of the SNA contingent were Abgal/Agonyare and at the end of April they went to Jowhar to provide election security for their fellow clan member the former federal President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed at an election on 2 May...
But the faction that most wanted to avoid combat which includes former President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire eventually prevailed helped by the international pressure...
Abgals Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mahamud both former presidents are strong contenders and have agreed to switch their votes to whichever of the two polls the most in the first round...
They blocked the streets and there was some shooting between the bodyguards of the former presidents CPC leaders Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with Farmajo's men...
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Plans for a full general election for the presidency were abandoned in favour of an indirect vote by clan leaders a messy process in which the winner probably either Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed or Farmajo would have to contend with polarised Federal States a divided National Army and multiple clan rivalries (AC Vol 62 No 1 Voting may not bring peace)...
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Vol 62 No 3 |
- AFRICAN UNION
Incumbent President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' will face a challenge from Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and rifts with the regions in the federation and schisms within the Somali National Army...
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A winner – likely Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed or Farmajo – will emerge from this messy process but he will face polarised Federal Member States a divided Somali National Army and clan conflicts in many sensitive areas...
Two previous presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed objected to the selection method of the 13 Mogadishu senators fuelling the protests...
Late last year the UAE's chief ally in Somalia former prime minister Omar Ali Abdirashid Sharmarke unsuccessfully attempted to table a motion to impeach Farmajo in parliament with the help of former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (AC Vol 58 No 23 Buried in the wreckage)...
