Inside the divisions of the anti-Al Shabaab forces On 3 July Mogadishu's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre delivered an emotional speech at a parade at the Turksom compound in the capital for officers and NCOs graduating from the Turkish training programme...
During a July 2024 visit to Doha Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre expressed frustration with Qatar's limited financial support...
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At the United Nations General Assembly last month Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre warned that Somalia faced a ‘serious threat'...
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Many Somalis found the nationalistic tone used by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre more convincing than Al Shabaab's opportunistic position...
Most of those he has chosen as cabinet ministers and appointed to state functions are members of his Union for Peace and Development (UPD) party including his prime minister Hamza Abdi Barre although clan allegiance remains a factor in some of his picks...
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Last week Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre accused Puntland of jeopardizing the debt relief programme by refusing to participate in national meetings on the issue...
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