Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said that an AU force will start deploying by the end of January as Ethiopia starts pulling out the 5 000 troops who keep the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in power...
Some of Premier Ali Mohamed's allies talk of extending the Ethiopian stay but that would almost certainly provoke a violent counter reaction given the strength of Somali nationalism and historical enmities with Ethiopia...
The governments of Angola Mozambique Nigeria and South Africa have been approached and have not refused according to Ali Mohamed's officials but no other country apart from Uganda has definitely offered troops...
Prime Minister Ali Mohamed is Mudalood/Abgal but his appointment merely prompted warlords like Mohammed Qanyare Afrah (Murasade/Hawiye) and Musa Sudi Yalahow to complain about the government of which they were technically members...
Ali Mohamed has much more power now not just because of his Ethiopian backing...
Vol 48 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
Relations between President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Premier Ali Mohamed Gedi (close to Ethiopia) are uneasy...
Neither he nor Premier Ali Mohamed Gedi is keen on the Alliance with its dissident ministers...
Water Resources: Kamal Ali Mohamed NCP; years in post...
Firstly enough members for a parliamentary quorum may arrive in Mogadishu so that the Speaker can call a quick vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi appointed by President Abdullahi...
MPs therefore rejected Ali Mohamed's first cabinet in December then accepted his second slightly modified offer in January...
He got Ali Mohamed Gedi (Hawiye/Abgal/Harti/Warsengeli)...
Ali Mohamed Gedi's Warsengeli had the advantage of being united and showed their military muscle by inflicting heavy losses on supporters of Muse Sudi Yalahow (Hawiye/Abgal/Wabudhan/Daud) in May 2004 in Mogadishu...
In 1992-93 Ali Mohamed Gedi a vet with some other educated Abgal had unsuccessfully challenged the leadership of Ali Mahdi Mohamed (Hawiye/Abgal/Harti/Agonyare) who seemed to be losing the fight against General Mohamed Farah 'Aydeed'...
Ali Mohamed then joined a consortium of Somali non-governmental organisations which produced several useless reports on Middle Shabelle region north of Mogadishu then he worked for Italian NGOs...
Besides Ali Mohamed Gedi and Hussein Aydeed it includes: Fishery and Marine Resources: Gen...
Kikwete's running mate will be Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein...
Vol 46 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
Among Somalis the credibility of President Abdullahi Yusuf was badly damaged in November when parliament refused to confirm Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi's first cabinet...
The other contenders Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein from Zanzibar was picked from nowhere by Mkapa in July 2001 after the death of his predecessor...
National Vice-President Ali Mohamed Shein plucked from obscurity in July 2001 after his predecessor Omar Ali Juma died is not a serious candidate...