age ~56
from Clarkston, GA
…23 April, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the Asmara-based wing of the ARS and most important figure of Hizbul Islam, returned to Mogadishu after 2 years of exile in Eritrea.[33] He refused to talk to Somali President: Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, demanding an AMISOM withdraw first. The two, tr...
…On June 12, 2011, President Sharif Ahmed released a statement wherein he condemned the protests, describing them as "illegal".[21][22] He also suggested that some government officials were financing the rallies in Mogadishu, and warned that the Al-Shabaab group of Islamists that is waging wa...
… Hizbul Islam also killed 1 civilian, for unknown reasons.[19] This day, al-Shabaab formed a new Islamic administration in Jowhar, capital of Shabelleh Dhexe and hometown of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. Al-Shabaab commander, Sheikh Abdirahman Hassan Hussein was appointed the new governor of Shabelle...
…Hussein was a candidate for President in the parliamentary vote for that position, held in late January 2009. He placed third in the first round with 59 votes and then withdrew his candidacy; Sharif Ahmed won the election.[23] Ahmed then chose Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke to replace Hussein...
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (Somali: Shariif Sheekh Axmed, Arabic: ) (born July 25, 1964) is the current President of Somalia and former ...