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)...
When the Africa Oil deal was being signed there was much back and forth between Garowe and Mogadishu about the authority to conclude the deal with the then Transitional Federal Government President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed giving the ultimate go-ahead...
In July 2009 Ali Abdi Amalow the Director of Financial Asset Recovery and Banking Affairs for the Transitional Federal Government led by Sharif Sheikh Ahmed had engaged the firm to help to recover Somali funds which had been lodged abroad...
The current government under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and its predecessor under President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed had wanted to exploit Aweys's differences with the rest of Al Shabaab...
Meanwhile last month there was a quiet meeting of business people close to Ala Sheikh the politico-religious group of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Mahmud the ex-President of the preceding regime the Transitional Federal Government say Somali sources in Nairobi...
