Shabelle Media: Somali police stop Mogadishu people from holding rallies
Somali police forces on Tuesday stopped some of Mogadishu people from holding rallies supporting Somalia’s popular Prime Minister Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed and against his resignation.
The police forces also arrested a number of the demonstrators including students and teachers.
Before the arrests, crowds of people have congregated the KM4 junction to show their overwhelming support to prime minister.
The demonstrators were planning to hold a rally bigger than the previous ones, according to the organizers.
This did not stop protests elsewhere, both in Somalia and throughout the diaspora.
Shabelle Media: Rallies supporting Somali PM held in central Somalia
Hundreds of people on Wednesday have gathered the town of Abudwak in central Somalia, supporting the prime minister of Somalia and denouncing Kampala accord.
The rallies, which were massive, have been highly organized by the local administration of Somalia’s moderate Ahlu Sunna Waljama ASWJ and some local elders.
Daily Nation: Somali MPs support premier in row
Somali MPs on Wednesday supported Prime Minister Abdullahi Mohamed’s rejection of a deal extending the mandate of the country’s transitional institutions but requiring him to resign immediately.
Somali MPs on Wednesday supported Prime Minister Abdullahi Mohamed’s rejection of a deal extending the mandate of the country’s transitional institutions but requiring him to resign immediately.
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Somali MPs on Wednesday supported Prime Minister Abdullahi Mohamed’s rejection of a deal extending the mandate of the country’s transitional institutions but requiring him to resign immediately.
From a commentary by Liban Ahmad published at WDN: The Illegality of Kampala Accord
President Sharif Ahmed likened Mogadishu demonstrators to clan-based opposition groups that “did not share any goals beyond toppling [ Siyad Barre’s ] government.” Somali president’s wrong analogy is contradicted by the civic nature of demonstrations in Mogadishu seen by any as unprecedented in Somalia’s post-colonial political history. President Sharif said he was against dissolving the government but wants prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to resign. Isn’t this an evidence that the Somali president and his prime minister do not agree on the meaning of transitional government? Prime minister Mohamed wants the parliament to ratify the Kampala Accord, and has the transitional charter is on his side but putting Kampala Accord forward for parliamentary debate violates Kampala accord !
The United Nations Political Office for Somalia has an institutional memory that predisposes the incumbent Special Representative to making serious diplomatic mistakes. In 2010 former UN Special Representative, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, supported the decision of the TFG president Sharif Ahmed to sack his former prime minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke. President Sharif Ahmed had to reinstate the prime minister who invoked the transitional charter to challenge the president’s decision. More than one year after Ould-Abdallah’s costly gaffe, the UN Secretary General was made to believe that Kampala Accord is the way forward for the transitional federal institutions of Somalia on the basis of an Accord that is an exercise in illegality. I wonder if the United Nations under Ban Ki-Moon has set a precedent for supporting an Accord violating a national charter although the UN Special Representative for Somalia holds PhD in International Relations.
From an open letter [pdf] to Ban ki-Moon from members of the disapora,
One of the principle factors that perpetuated the Somali crises for more than two decades is lack of respect for the legitimate aspirations of the Somali people. In this regard and with respect to the substance of this Accord, the Somali people, both inside and outside the country, have spoken in unison against this Accord as illustrated by the ongoing demonstrations in Mogadishu and throughout the world. The International Community is, therefore, duty-bound to listen to these voices and to empower/assist the Somali people in determining Somali-owned solutions to the current political impasses and to find a forward-looking long term solutions and strategies supported by Somalis.
But by the end of the week,
Shabelle Media: “Uganda pressures Somali PM to stand down” says MP
Abdullahi Abdulle Magan, Somali MP, said on Sunday that the ugandan government started pressure on Somali prime minister Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed Faramajo to leave office soon.
Mr. Magan told Shabelle Media Network Uganda’s top military chief and other AMISOM officials have reached at capital of Somalia and held key meeting with the prime minister Mohammed.
The Somali MP went on to say that the meeting between Somali premier and Uganda's Chief of Defense Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakarima along other AMISOM officials ended in vain after the PM refused their calls.
Mr . Magan noted that the Ugandan forces are needed not interfere the internal Somalia policy and be limited to their regional duties.
Another meeting was held between the Ugandan military chief and Somali prime minister over the resignation issue.
But, after the meeting ended fruitlessly, the prime minister has been demanded to quit the position with 72 hours, according to reliable sources. Sources added that the premier also refused to depart to Uganda with the military official to hold talks with the Ugandan president Yuweri Museveni.
Shabelle Media: Somali prime minister steps down from his position
Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed Farmajo, the prime minister of Somalia on Sunday resigned from his portfolio.-- -- --
Speaking at press conference held in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the premier noted that he is leaving the office because of respecting the interests of the people and the nation.
The announcement of his resignation came hours after relentless pressure from Somali leaders, Ugandan president and UN’s special envoy to Somalia.
Daily Monitor: New Amisom commander promoted to Major General
The newly appointed Amisom commander, Brig. Fred Mugisha has been promoted to the rank of Major general and is expected to take-over the command of the African force in Mogadishu in September.
Gen. Mugisha will replace Maj. Gen. Nathan Mugisha who has been appointed deputy Ugandan Ambassador in Mogadishu. President Museveni has also appointed the outgoing force commander as the Ugandan envoy in Mogadishu.
Gen. Mugisha will command 9,000 African Union force composed of Uganda and Burundian forces in the fragile Somali capital, Mogadishu.
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Gen. Mugisha has been the commandant of the artillery division based in Masindi. He will be the fourth commander of African peacekeepers in Somalia. He has done a number of military courses in Intelligence and anti-terrorism in Russia and America.
New Vision:
Mugisha was decorated on Tuesday by the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, during a function at the senior officers’ mess on John Babiiha Avenue in Kololo, a Kampala suburb.
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Michael Ondoga, who has been the commander of the Ugandan contingent has been promoted to the rank of brigadier and sent for further studies in the United States. He handed over to Col. Paul Lokech.
Mugisha was trained in artillery and air defence in the former Soviet Union between 1987 and 1989. He has previously served under various capacities, including being the deputy chief of intelligence.
Mugisha thanked the commander-in-chief, President Yoweri Museveni, for the promotion and the new assignment.
Mugisha said: “I cannot claim to have enough knowledge or experience to stabilise the region. But I will seek advice from my equals, subordinates and my commanders.”
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Shabelle Media: 1000 Somali soldiers complete training course in Dolow Ethiopia
Some 1000 Somali soldiers, who were undergoing training in Ethiopia, have completed the course as the ceremony of the conclusion was held on Monday in Dolow.
Speaking at the ceremony, Abdihakim Hajji Mohamoud Fiqi, Somalia’s minister of defense, said that the soldiers are well-trained adding they are ready to take on Al shabaab fighters.
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For his part, Sheikh Mohammed Abu Libah, the deputy of Ahlu Sunna Waljama group in Gedo spoke at the ceremony and said that Ethiopia has made a lot effort to support Somalia, saying that Ethiopia is a part of Somalia development.
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