Copyright © Africa Confidential 2026 The deepening political crisis in Somalia is pitting President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's federal government against an opposition coalition including the federal member states of Puntland in the north and Jubaland in the south as well as the former president of South West State Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed (also known as Lafta Gareen)...

These attacks are seen as another sign of the weakening of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's federal government...

The exchanges illustrate the harsh choices facing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS)...

In Middle Shabelle there are areas where people are willing to oppose President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS)...

They approached Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and asked him to help counter Deni's moves...

Political rivalries and infighting which have erupted in clashes in the Bay region and Mogadishu since late March are undermining the fight against Al Shabaab as has the crisis over the extension of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's tenure until next year...

Contrary to the hopes of Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Erdoğan did not support the project to establish a military base in Laas Qoorey on the border between Puntland and Somaliland...

Supporters of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud countered that the constitutional process was about state building rather than political change despite evidence to the contrary...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's federal government was slow to respond to the starvation emergency in 2023 but eventually appointed a presidential envoy (AC Vol 63 No 16 Food crisis deepens as world looks to Ukraine)...