Qatari money and influence also helped Farmajo's predecessor Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the financial flows remain our sources say (AC Vol 54 No 2 Regional alliances shifting)...
The main problems Farmajo faces are largely of his own making however and they will generate new tensions in 2018 and increase the risk of a major political clash within the federal system built up under his predecessor Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and on which so much has been staked...
One of Jawari's problems may be that this chamber at 275 MPs is much harder to deal with than under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud...
When Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was President several inducements were offered to senior Al Shabaab commanders to defect...
The new government is anxious to prove that the corruption that so characterised the regime of ex-President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is well and truly over but it is failing certainly with local politicians...
This group was eager to settle scores with the outgoing president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud whom they had supported in 2012 but fell out with in 2014-15 (AC Vol 56 No 4 Old faces old problems)...
Eight ministers and seven deputy ministers were in previous governments under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud especially when Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed was Premier although they were especially distinguished...
He helped to swing the vote against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud by allowing the Chairman of Al Itisam Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad to make a speech in Parliament just before the vote which under its cloak of religiosity was clearly aimed at Farmajo's predecessor...
Former Executive Director of the controversial British-based Soma Oil and Gas Khaire had been closely associated with the outgoing regime of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud...
Ethiopia's man and that of several other outside powers Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had lost despite showering the Assembly with money...
The arrest of Abdiaziz Hassan Giyaajo Amalo a trusted advisor of outgoing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will be of interest to the government of United States President Donald Trump...
The winner had the support of the Darod and those backing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud...
