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 Somalia:
TNG in crisis, What is the reasoning behind it?
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Dr.Abdullahi Mohamed (Deputy Editor Geeska Afrika
Online)
Djibouti (HAN) August 9th, 2008
The Somali Prime Minister Nur Adde sacked Mogadishu
Mayor Mohamed Omar-Dheere,
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Somalia:
TNG in crisis, What is the reasoning behind it?
Djibouti (HAN) August 9th, 2008 - The Somali PM
has sacked the most powerful warlord in Mogadishu, according to
a decree published on Geeska Afrika Online last week.
The Somali Prime Minister Nur Adde sacked Mogadishu Mayor
Mohamed Omar-Dheere, a close ally of both Ethiopia and President
Abdulahi Yusuf, over graft allegations.
The move backfired when pro Ethiopian and Yusuf cabinet members
resigned, accusing the prime minister of misusing state
resources. The Somali PM Nur Adde categorically denied
accusations and he blamed the move that forced resignations to
an External forces (Ethiopia) and Abdulahi yususf's Attitude.
The remnants of the Islamic militia and allied clans have since
waged a deadly guerrilla war against Ethiopian forces and Somali
government troops, forcing hundreds of thousands of civilians to
flee Mogadishu. The PM want to resettle IDP back to their homes
and Abdulahi yusuf refused those action, according to a reliable
sources.
"What I realize is that we will not go home any time soon, our
leaders are still to busy playing political games," says Yasin
Ali, who lives in Hagardheer refugee camp.
Many Somalis are simply appalled by the latest dispute, which
has led to an absurd situation where Mogadishu is ruled by two
competing mayors, the outgoing Omar-Dheere who has ignored his
dismissal and a new strongman appointed by the Somali PM Nur
Adde.
"I am the legal mayor of Mogadishu, the letter of sacking by the
PM is only legal when accepted by the president," Habeb said in
a recent phone interview.
Yet Mohamed Osman Ali Dhagahtur, who was proclaimed acting mayor
of Mogadishu last month, insists that the city is under his
control.
Meanwhile: The Somali PM Nur Hasan Husein has insisted he
would not let internal divisions undermine the peace process
launched in June in Djibouti between the Somali government and a
section of the Islamist-dominated political opposition.
"It is pity to learn that the president of Somalia is
masterminding the overthrow of the regime," says Ahmed Abdi "Yasir",
a Somali living in the northern Kakuma refugee camp with
thousands of others.
Eritrea: The leader of the Alliance for the Re-liberation
of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has called on Arab
states to support the ongoing peace process in the war-torn
Somalia.
Sheikh Sharif and an ARS delegation spoke in Cairo, Egypt, on
Thursday with officials from the Arab League and the Egyptian
government about peace prospects in Somalia. One of them
inform reporters that " There are ongoing efforts to bring
together the ARS wings, one based in Eritrea and the other based
in Djibouti".
"I urge Arab countries to send peacekeepers to Somalia and to
take part in UN efforts to withdraw Ethiopian troops from
Somalia," Sheikh Sharif said.
The Geeska Afrika Magazine Sources: HAN
staff -Mogadishu
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