Yusuf Ahmed

Somalia: 'There is No Government' - President Yusuf

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008

Somalia's interim President, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, has told a group of lawmakers that the Horn of Africa country's interim government has collapsed.

Somali official: At least 17 insurgents killed in Mogadishu battle

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mogadishu - At least 17 Islamist insurgents have been killed in a gun battle in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a local government official said Friday. The battle came as the insurgents attacked the home of Ahmed Hassan Daa'I, the district commissione...

Somali President Wants Reconciliation Talks Moved To Libya.

Libyaonline.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008

Visiting Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed said Tuesday he was seeking to move the venue of Somali reconciliation talks from Djibouti to Libya, the official Jana news agency reported. I informed the brother guide (Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi) about developments in Somalia and turned over to him the file on Somali reconciliation, asking him to take personal charge of it, the visiting...

African Union chief: Political instability feeds Somali piracy

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008

... piracy, but in recent months has descended into political infighting. Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein have been unable to agree on a new cabinet for months. Insurgents have taken advantage of this to seize towns across Somalia and push to the edge of the capital, Mogadishu. At the same time pirates, based mainly in the semi-autonomous northern...

Somalia: Leader Says His Government Liable the Countrys Chaos

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008

Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has declared that his government would be held responsible entire chaos occurred in Somalia in the word or doomsday.

Somali President Flies to Libya

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008

A plane carrying Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has landed on Sunday night at the Libyan capital airport as the president was due to hold emergency meeting with MPs officials said.

Somalia: i MP Describes Presidents Words As Empathy Call

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008

Somali parliament member has described remarks by the president of the transitional government Abdullahi Yusuf on the governments failing as benevolence seeking and relinquishes.

Somali leader arrives in Libya.

Libyaonline.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008

Tripolo,Libya.(Mareeg)A plane carrying Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has landed on Sunday night at the Libyan capital airport as the president was due to hold emergency meeting with MPs officials said. As Mareeg made contacts with the presidents close officials no comments could be available regarding his travel to Libya and who was along him with his travel. Elsewhere Somali...

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Somali president says insurgents near total control

Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008

Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed says Islamist fighters now control almost all of Somalia. He was speaking in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, where both he and the Somalia parliament now reside. Mr Yusuf says the Islamists have now reached the suburbs of both the Somali capital Mogadishu and the normal seat of the country's parliament, Baidoa. [...]

Somalia President Admits Militant Gains

The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008

Dangerous situation in Somalia. BBCSomali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has said Islamist insurgents now control most of the country, and have advanced to the edge of Mogadishu. Mr Yusuf said there was no effective government in Somalia, and that insurgents...

Somali president admits insurgents control most of country

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008

Nairobi - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has admitted that Islamic insurgents who have been making major gains are now in control of most of Somalia. Insurgent group al-Shabaab this week advanced to the edge of the capital Mogadishu and has s...

Somalia president admits insurgents gains

Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008

By David Bamford | BBC News Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has said Islamist insurgents now control most of the country, and have advanced to the edge of Mogadishu. Mr Yusuf said there was no effective government in Somalia, and that insurgents were now able to carry out attacks in the capital at will. The president was speaking [...]

UN envoy urges Somali leaders to heal rift

IOL (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008

Nairobi - The United Nations' envoy for Somalia urged all parties in the conflict to set aside their personal differences and focus on supporting ongoing talks aimed at ending 17 years of bloodshed.A day after Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein blamed President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed of sabotaging efforts to create a new cabinet, UN envoy Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah scolded the Horn of...

Somali government says weakened by Islamist onslaught

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008

Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf has admitted Islamist insurgents now control most of the country and raised the prospect his government could completely collapse.

Somalia – Gone to Hell for the Status Quo

Newshoggers (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008

... was hailed then as a swift victory has now all but reversed itself . Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has said Islamist insurgents now control most of the country, and have advanced to the edge of Mogadishu. Mr Yusuf said there was no effective government in Somalia, and that insurgents were now able to carry out attacks in the capital at will. So short of the capital...