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...
The first candidate was General Ahmed Moalim Fiqi (Hawiye/Habr Gidir/Saad) who is supported by Ahlu Sheikh and is a close friend of the previous President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who headed the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in 2013 (AC Vol 54 No 7 Security worsens)...
Omar Abdirashid who was Prime Minister from February 2009 to September 2010 under President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was not at first seen as the most likely contender for the job (AC Vol 51 No 20 In search of policy)...
The experienced politico Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden a former Transitional Federal Government Speaker and Deputy Prime Minister under then President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is the brain behind SW3 (AC Vol 55 No 3 New blood in old bottles)...
This was much how it had turned out with Hassan Sheikh's predecessor Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his Ahlu Sheikh Islamist group (AC Vol 53 No 13 End of transition looms)...
