President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is fighting for his political life after more than 100 members of parliament petitioned him to resign over his failure to tackle security...
Somalia is beleaguered on all fronts: terrorist attacks are on the rise the government cannot tackle the chronic theft of public money and the international community is losing confidence in President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud...
Three other East African presidents were there: Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta Somalia's Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan...
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived with a massive delegation partly to reassure Brussels officials after a raft of security and corruption crises in Mogadishu this year and partly from recognition noted one Somali journalist in Brussels that the EU has been of far more help than the Arab League to which Somalia belongs...
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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has acceded to all Ethiopian requests recently...
He fears rival clans moving into his territory the possibility of Al Shabaab attacks and what he sees as interference by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu (AC Vol 54 No 18 'Two cheers for the Juba deal')...
The election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as President in September 2012 was meant to free politics of issues that had held it hostage for years: arguments between President and Prime Minister failure to take institution-building seriously and embezzlement all round...
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will try to extend his government's reach but his efforts will be hampered by the distrust of many Darod leaders...
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud used the attack to emphasise the continuing strength of Al Shabaab within Somalia and the need for more vigorous efforts to undermine its structures and financing...
Awkward relationsGiven the awkward relations between Kenyatta's government and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's government in Mogadishu the nationalist argument could resonate...
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