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Breaking the Barriers of Somalia’s Traditional Leadership: Part two 

Things are changing and Somalia’s leadership ranks are changing, too. If Hamza Abdi Barre who is from the Ogaaden clan is Somalia’s current Prime Minister, General Sulub Ahmed Firin who is from the Jidwaaq clan has just become the Head of the country’s Police Force. He was nominated yesterday for the position, vacating his previous Deputy …

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It is a great victory for the Absame/Kumade people to occupy Somalia’s Premiership for the first time, but it’s unfortunate to deprive them of getting a full ministerial position. Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre is from the Ogaaden clan, which is one of the Absame clans. According to Somalia’s current arrangement, his clan cannot get …

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