The answer say our sources lies in a lack of leadership from President Said Abdullahi Dani and the politicisation of the security apparatus (AC Vol 65 No 7 Politicking hinders the war effort)...

Regional President Said Abdullahi Dani has taken Puntland out of Somalia's federal system sparking a political crisis that weakens national unity and threatens the devolution painstakingly constructed over the last 12 years...

We hear that after annoying Hassan Sheikh by taking visits from President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland and Puntland's President Said Abdullahi Dani he will invite South West State's President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed 'Lafta Gareen' to the Ethiopian capital...

The biggest single factor some analysts say was President Said Abdullahi Dani winning a second term in Puntland in early January...

In Abu Dhabi he only discussed the current offensive against Al Shabaab and aid in general without touching on Mogadishu's fraught relations with Puntland's President Said Abdullahi Dani even though Abu Dhabi is close to him (see Box Polls pose problems as Las Anod flares)...

Incumbent President Said Abdullahi Dani wants to hold a one-person one-vote parliamentary election in the wake of the 25 May municipal elections in 30 districts (AC Vol 63 No 5 Polls stall as Al Shabaab attacks surge)...

Puntland President Said Abdullahi Dani needs the support of Puntland's 17 Dhulbahante MPs to win re-election as president early next year...

Puntland President Said Abdullahi Dani has been complaining about the sharing of national resources and refusing to lend his forces to the common cause...

And DP World is reckoned no longer to be interested in investing in Bossaso port because Puntland President Said Dani failed to win the presidency of Somalia and so is not worth wooing...

But she stretched the limits of protocol by only informing the Puntland vice-president Ahmed 'Elmi' Usman of her intentions to travel even though President Said Abdullahi Dani was present in the capital...