DISPATCHES
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)...
The government is in disarray A previous prime minister Omar Ali Abdirashid Sharmarke using UAE money and a former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed are planning to impeach Farmajo and claim to have 130 members of parliament signed up...
Deljir was the less religious more worldly and political wing that backed its then member Farmajo against Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in 2016...
Another is ex-President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who once he realised he wasn't getting the financial support from South Africa and the United Arab Emirates that he had been counting on supported Farmajo against Hassan Sheikh...
Something like this happened in 2012 when Hassan Sheikh prevailed over Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (AC Vol 53 No 19 New president new laws and old enemies)...
Uganda and South Africa like Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed but they cannot influence the process without investing heavily...
