Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed (Farmajo)

Yamamoto has sided with President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' who has been attempting to get his allies appointed president in a number of the federal member states while drumming up international interest in Somalia's oil sector...

The calculation could be that if humanitarian aid failed to get through to Somalia the resulting suffering would be a recruiting tool for Al Shabaab and therefore President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' would do all he could to prevent it...

Somali President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' is a notable supporter of Qatar which returns the favour with ample funds...

Robow was tipped to win the state's presidential election until Federal President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' ordered Ethiopian troops to detain him and ensure victory for Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' (Rahanweyn/Xarin)...

New talks are taking place between the government of President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' the United States Ethiopia and the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) to launch a large-scale military offensive in Jubaland and a greater part of Lower Shabelle the stronghold of the Somali Jihadi movement Al Shabaab according to intelligence and diplomatic sources...

Officially this was because Sahan had recruited a deputy of Mukhtar Robow Ali 'Abu Mansur' a bête noire to President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' (AC Vol 60 No 2 Mogadishu lashes out)...

They are dismayed at the prospect of replacing the Haysom with someone who they cannot count on to say boo to the government of Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' who is deviating increasingly from agreements he made with the donors...

The drawdown was agreed by Amisom leaders last November but Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza and Somalia's President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' have been trying to stop it ever since...

Three days after the Nairobi assault an Ethiopian military convoy came under attack near Bur Hakaba on its way to Baidoa where President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' was staying to attend the inauguration of the new South West State President Lafta Gareen (AC Vol 59 No 24 Poll fight for Farmajo)...

Difficulties in Somali region increased in December after the Ethiopian military – with Abiy's OK – acted as an enforcer of the will of the Somali federal government's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed  'Farmajo' arresting and shooting opponents of Farmajo's favoured candidate in the South West State presidential selection process (AC Vol 59 No 24 Poll fight for Farmajo)...

President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo''s administration declared Haysom persona non grata on 1 January after he asked for an explanation for the arrest and detention of Mukhtar Robow Ali 'Abu Mansur' a former Al Shabaab commander by Ethiopian troops five days before he was due to stand in the presidential election in South West State one of Somalia's devolved federal member states...