On 27 February  the ICC indicted former judge Colonel Ali Mohamed Harun on 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
 The other indictee  Ali Mohamed Ali Abdel Rahman aka Ali 'Kusheib' (a strong sorghum spirit) is the main Janjaweed leader in West Darfur...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Prominent on state television as defender of the police action was Ali Mohamed Harun  then State Interior Minister  now State Humanitarian Affairs Minister and on 27 February indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Darfur...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     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...