Sharif Returns to Power in Somalia as Militants Advance
A rare sense of optimism rose in Mogadishu in the early hours of Jan. 31 as people learnt that the leader of a moderate faction of the Union of Islamic Courts, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, had been elected as head the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Sharif defeated Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, who was strongly backed … Continue reading “Sharif Returns to Power in Somalia as Militants Advance”