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SOMALIA ETHIOPIA

The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Certain members of the Somali political class have such a strong allegiance to the TPLF that it is polarising the upcoming presidential election. [...] (653 words)

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Politics

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SOMALIA
ETHIOPIA
Abdikarim Sheikh Muse
Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Abiy Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Mohamed Islam
Cherif Hassan Sheikh Aden
Farmajo
Gebre Egziabher Alemseged
Gelle
Général Gabre
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Islamic Courts Union
Madobe
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Mohamed Jama Mursal
National Intelligence and Security Agency
National Intelligence and Security Service
Ogaden National Liberation Front
Qalbi-Dhagax
Sanbalolshe
Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus
Tigray People's Liberation Front
World Health Organisation

Abiy irked by choice of Somalia's new PM

Appointed on 15 June by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre is a new thorn in the side of his Ethiopian counterpart. [...]

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (right) appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as Prime Minister on 15 June. © Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters

SOMALIA Politics 22/04/2022

Battle lines drawn for post of parliament speaker

The House of the People last week reached the quorum needed to elect its speaker. Voting will take place next week, setting the stage for the eagerly awaited election of president Farmajo's successor. [...]

SOMALIA Diplomacy 01/02/2022

Roble uses ONLF to settle scores with Farmajo and Kheyre

By removing the Ogaden National Liberation Front - an Ethiopian Somali nationalist organisation - from the list of terrorist organisations, Prime Minister Roble, who is losing ground in Mogadishu, is seeking to undermine the credibility of outgoing President Farmajo in front of his Ethiopian ally. [...]

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble. © Twitter/@MohamedHRoble

SOMALIA Politics 26/03/2021

Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

Jubaland minister for internal security Adbirashid Janan has rallied to incumbent president Farmajo in a savvy political coup that is a slap in the face for all of Farmajo's direct political opponents, especially Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. [...]

Somalia and Kenya heads of state Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed aka Farmajo (left) and Uhuru Kenyatta. © Feisal Omar/Reuters

SOMALIA KENYA Diplomacy 19/03/2021

Kenyatta tries to sidestep arbitration and resolve border dispute with Mogadishu via Doha

For fear of losing, Kenya has decided to boycott the arbitration hearings at the International Court of Justice on its martime border dispute with Somalia and is hoping to find a solution instead with the help of Doha. [...]

SOMALIA Politics 04/03/2021

Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

President Farmajo is stoking the fire by excluding members of the opposition as he lays down the roadmap for the next election. [...]

Incumbent Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmajo. © @M_Farmaajo/Twitter

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. © Li Muzi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

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SOMALIA Politics 12/02/2021

Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

Somalia's president, increasingly isolated in the international arena, saw his term in office end on 8 February. He is desperately seeking support from outside his clan to keep himself in the top job. [...]

ETHIOPIA Defence Politics 04/02/2021

Tigrayan resistance in Kola Tembien dogs Abiy

The Ethiopian government has announced the end of hostilities in Tigray province, but the TPLF, several of whose top leaders are still on the run, has formed pockets of resistance in mountainous areas in the centre of the country. [...]

ETHIOPIA SOMALIA Diplomacy 21/01/2021

Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

For months the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has offered his support to Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's bid for another term in February but is beginning to lose patience with the Somalian president's failure to return the favour. [...]

HORN OF AFRICA Politics 05/01/2021

Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

The Kenyan and Ethiopian heads of state are trying to have IGAD play to their tune, dampening the impact of the regional organisation's initiatives. [...]

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at the inauguration of the Moyale border crossing in December 2020. © Abiy Ahmed Ali/Twitter

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SOMALIA KENYA SOMALILAND Politics 21/12/2020

Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

For three days, the Kenyan head of state rolled out the red carpet for Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi. Bihi himself took advantage of the trip to meet one of the leaders of the opposition to Somali president Farmajo, with the help of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga. [...]

SOMALIA Politics 10/12/2020

Decade-old fraud affair threatens to derail ex-president Hassan Sheikh's political comeback

The American lawyer Jeremy Schulman stands accused by the US Department of Justice of having personally benefited from a move to recover Somalian state assets a decade ago. The affair could compromise the reputation of the then government and its leader, the ex-president Hassan Sheikh, who is bidding to return to power next February. [...]

Former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. © Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

SOMALIA Politics Diplomacy 18/11/2020

Ex-PM Hassan Ali Khaire seeks Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's support for presidential bid

Somalia's former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire is hoping to boost his bid for the presidential election in February by playing off the rivalry between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo and his Djiboutian compeer Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. [...]

ETHIOPIA ERITREA SOMALIA Diplomacy 16/11/2020

Why Abiy and Issayas back Farmajo's re-election bid

Addis Ababa and Asmara see Somalia's president as an ally in their fight against regionalism in the Horn. [...]

SOMALIA Politics 08/10/2020

Turkish influence comes under fire in presidential campaign

Businessman Abshir Aden Ferro, who plans to run in the February presidential election, has given his campaign a markedly anti-Turkish flavour. In the meantime, Turkey is giving firm support to the incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo. [...]

KENYA ETHIOPIA 13/12/2019

Farah Maalim seeks Somali unity

The former deputy speaker of the Kenyan parliament, Farah Maalim (Somali/Ogaden), is up in arms against the leaders of the [...]

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Abdikarim Sheikh Muse
Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Abiy Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Mohamed Islam
Cherif Hassan Sheikh Aden
Farmajo
Gebre Egziabher Alemseged
Gelle
Général Gabre
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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Islamic Courts Union
Madobe
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Mohamed Jama Mursal
National Intelligence and Security Agency
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Qalbi-Dhagax
Sanbalolshe
Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus
Tigray People's Liberation Front
World Health Organisation

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