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| Africa Horn |
| Pressure Mounts on Puntalnd leader to Sign Peace Deal |
| 2015-12-02 |
| International and national pressure is mounting on Puntland leader Abdiwali Mohamed Ali Gaas to sign a peace deal to end Galkayo fighting with his Galmudug counterpart Abdikarin Hussein Guled. UN envoy for Somalia Nickolas Kay, EU ambassador, diplomats and Somali prime minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke held a meeting with Puntland leader in northern Galkayo on Tuesday. On Monday, president Abdiwali Mohamed Ali Gas has declined to ink the peace deal proposed by Somali premier and the country’s regional leaders, saying he would not sit down with Galmudug leader on the negotiating table. Mr Gaas insists that his admin has an ample evidence that show the Somali National Army sided with Galmudug state troops and engaged to attack Puntland forces in northern Galkayo on 22, November. Puntland and Galmudug forces battled over the construction of a road, which Puntland is trying to build in northern Galkayo’s Garsoor village that divides the two states. |
| Posted by:Steve White |