The latest confrontation puts the popular new constitution at risk, adding to the woe caused by Addis’s port deal with Somaliland, 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.
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A once-in-a-century deluge halted troops movements while the President went on a world tour to raise funds, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has November s unprecedentedly severe rains and floods to thank for the fact he has not paid the full political price for the setback government forces suffered against Al Shabaab at Osweyne in October. Critics say Mogadishu squandered a military advantage over the Islamist militia, and had to pull out of towns in Galgadug that had previously been captured at high cost.
After failing to conquer Dhulbahante rebels in Las Anod, which led to conflict within the Isaq clan, the President needs to repair the splits, President Muse Bihi Abdi is adding political problems to the military reverses he has suffered in his ill-judged confrontation with the Dhulbahante clan over Las Anod. That’s the consensus among the best informed in Hargeisa. Instead of staying out of the internal arguments of the Dhulbahante, Muse Bihi launched a furious armed assault late last year, following up with indiscriminate shelling, and the repercussions are multiplying.
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