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Somalia

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Date of Birth: 29/11/1955
Place of Birth: Central Hiran region


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Djibouti joins fight against the Abiy-Bihi pact

Following a failed meeting with Muse Bihi and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Somali Federal Government in December President Guelleh (who is Iise/Mamasan) and his wife Khadra Mahamud Haid (who is Sa'ad Muuse/Haber Awal) tried to reconcile the two men and prevent Djibouti being fought over (AC Vol 65 No 2 Why Abiy and Muse signed a 'memorandum of misunderstanding')...

He also nettled Mogadishu by advising it to focus on internal problems and not to spend money on useless trips abroad echoing the criticisms of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's frequent travels by his local opponents (AC Vol 64 No 7 Mogadishu weighs the ups and downs of its anti-jihadist fight)...


Shots and plots

Some suspect the skirmish to be a plot to discredit President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud...


Abiy Ahmed’s sovereignty deal with Muse Abdi risks more regional turmoil

The United Arab Emirates avidly competing with other Gulf States for influence in East Africa is strongly backing the plan – much to the anger of Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged parliament to support it and over 180 MPs voted in favour a strong majority...

TURKEY BROKERS MEDIATION OVER PORT DEAL A secret top-level meeting between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's government and Ethiopia to break the impasse caused by Addis Ababa's memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Somaliland has been scheduled for 30 June in Istanbul Africa Confidential has learned from diplomatic sources...


Mogadishu gives the UN marching orders

How Hassan Sheikh fell out with UN envoy Laing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has clashed with Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) to Somalia Catriona Laing...


Puntland risks fracturing the federation

Dani refused to accept the first four chapters of a new constitution introduced by federal President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to replace the clan-based system of parliamentary representation which has been in operation for 24 years...

But President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is in no mood for hints and whispers...


Politicking hinders the war effort

These failures are more about unaddressed issues in the nearly two years of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term than any significant increase in the power of the Islamist insurgents...


Regional fights hold back the union project

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud claimed he had been barred from entering the summit – to which Ethiopian officials replied his bodyguards were blocked because they had not secured permission to bring guns into the headquarters building...


DISPATCHES

Hassan Sheikh ups the ante in Ethiopia port dispute

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's promise that his country would 'defend itself' if neighbouring Ethiopia goes ahead with a controversial port deal with breakaway province Somaliland has further upped the ante in the bitter dispute between the two Horn of Africa countries...

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Why Abiy and Muse signed a 'memorandum of misunderstanding'

Presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh did not pay attention...

Mogadishu lashes out at Ethiopia's 'aggression' In Mogadishu President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reacted furiously to the Ethiopia-Somaliland deal calling it an act of 'aggression' and a 'clear violation' of Somali sovereignty as he recalled its ambassador to Addis Ababa...


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