SOMALIA: Ethiopia- Demonstrations in Mogadishu were organized by the Governor of Benadir

SOMALIA: Ethiopia- Demonstrations in Mogadishu were organized by the Governor of Benadir

MOGADISHU (RBC) A very sensitive report obtained by RBC Radio reveals that Ethiopian government blames series of demonstrations in the government controlled districts in Mogadishu in the mid of June were organized by the Governor of the Benadir Regional Administration, Mohamud Ahmed Nor Tarzan and a group in the Council of Ministers who support Prime Minister Farmajo.

Somalia capital, Mogadishu had seen wide demonstrations to oppose the Kampala Accord which demand the resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. The demonstrators, largely consisting of women and students but including a number of TFG forces, blocked the main streets of the capital.

“The demonstrations were aimed to weaken the support of the international community and of Somalis for the ‘Kampala Accord’. The Ethiopia’s report said.

“The Benadir Regional Administration was using government money to cause chaos in Mogadishu as they had the previous week.” Ethiopia says.

Naming individuals

“The organizers of these demonstrations include two former allies of President Sheikh Sharif, Hassan Ma’alim and Yusuf Aynte, both MPs, who appear to feel aggrieved at being sidelined over the ‘Kampala Accord’. The report added.

Ethiopia has expressed its support for the Accord signed by the President of the Transitional Government of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and the Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, on June 9th in Kampala.

Ethiopia also worries that Somalia nationalisms were intending to call all Somalia unity, which may bring reclaim of Ethiopia’s occupied Somalia territory of Ogaden region.

RBC Radio