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SOMALIA Politics Issue dated 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.
Somalia's former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire. © OLIVIER HOSLET / POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
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. [...] (445 words)
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Former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud.
Former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. © Zhai Jianlan / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP
SOMALIA 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. [...]

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