Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

Somalia: President Condemns Djibouti Peace Talks

30 November 2008

Mogadishu — Somali president has condemned Djibouti peace talks according to an interview with Alajeera on Sunday.

Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed described the power sharing deal that the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) and the transitional federal government signed in Djibouti as a clan deal.

Abdullaahi Yusuf accused his Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein of working for the interest of one clan, but he did not specify of which clan he meant.

These remarks are casting doubt the already opposed peace deal.

Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein have disagreed the composition of a new government.

The Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf who invited Ethiopian troops into Somalia to oust the Islamic Courts Union in 2006, appears increasingly isolated.

Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.

Tagged: Conflict, Conflict, East Africa, Peacekeeping, Somalia

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