It has two favourite targets in diverting attention — Kenya and Ethiopia — but it is Kenya that gets most of Somalia’s manufactured wrath. Recently, the Somali government tried to pick a fight with Kenya to divert attention from its domestic problems. The Minister for Information, Osman Dubbe and Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Mohamed Ali Nur, launched public attacks on Kenya. While Dubbe accused Kenya of treating Somalia the Tigray way, Nur recalled the country’s ambassador to Kenya, Mohamed Tarzan and expelled Ambassador Lucas Tumbo from Mogadishu, stating “it appeared that Kenya was deliberately” putting pressure on Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe. Making accusations on Kenya is Farmajo’s way of maintaining his influence over the Somali geopolitical wilderness.

Source: Standard Digital December 06, 2020 21:00 UTC