Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

The Mahalo Top 7

1. CNN: Somali President Escapes Assassination Bid (June 1, 2008)
2. Al Jazeera: Somalia Dialogue Resumes (June 1, 2008)
3. Wikipedia: Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
4. BBC News: Profile: Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
5. New York Times: Somalian President’s Illness Raises Fears... (December 5, 2007)
6. allAfrica: Yusuf Asked to Clarify Government's Position... (November 16, 2007)
7. USA Today: Somali Premier Resigns in Power Struggle (October 29, 2007) 

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Recent News

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• Al Jazeera: UN Heads to Somalia Peace Talks (June 2, 2008)
• BBC News: Somali Leader Taken to Hospital (December 4, 2007)
• Yahoo! News: Somali Government Denies President in... (December 4, 2007)
• Agence France-Presse: Somali President Yusuf Hospitalised (December 4, 2007)
• Pravada: Somali President Catches Cold (December 4, 2007)
• Yahoo! News: Four Ministers Resign from New... (December 3, 2007)
• International Herald Tribune: Abdullahi Yusuf Names... (October 29, 2007) 
• People's Daily: Clan Leader Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Elected... (October 11, 2004)

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Background and Profiles

Darod Clan

• Wikipedia: Darod
• UNHCR: Current Situation of the Darood...
• University of Texas: Somalia Ethnic Groups Map  
• Quaranimo: A Critical Look at the Hawiye-Darood Conflict (October 2, 2007)

Dealing with Clan Conflict

• Social Science Research Council: Clan-Politics (or Worse) in Southern Somalia? (March 27, 2007)
• Social Science Research Council: Class and Power in a Stateless Somalia (February 20, 2007)
• Christian Science Monitor: Will the African Union Help Somalia? (January 31, 2007)
• International Herald Tribune: A Glimmer of Hope for Somalia's Battered People (December 7, 2004) 
• BBC News: Somali President 'a Man of Peace' (October 14, 2004)
• Washington Post: Somali Parliament Sworn In as Clan Dispute Flares (August 23, 2004) 

2006 Assassination Attempt

• The Guardian: Somali President Escapes Car Bomb Suicide Attack (September 19, 2006)
• BBC News: Somali Leader Survives Bomb Blast (September 18, 2006)
• CNN: Car Bomb Attack Kills 8 in Somalia (September 18, 2006)
• CBC: Somali President Escapes Assassination (September 18, 2006)

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Blogs and Commentaries

• SomaliNet Forums: Abdullahi Yusuf Dead??
• People's Guide to Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed: Dumb and Dumber In Somalia (November 7, 2007)
• Saylicipress: Somalia's President Yusuf Loses His Grip on Power (October 3, 2007)

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Photos and Media

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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Criticism and Controversy

• Southern Somali Union: An Open Letter to the President of Somalia (May 24, 2007)
• Znet Commentary: Somalia: An Oily Cliché (March 25, 2007)
• Somaliland Net: Abdullahi Yusuf Can’t Rule Somalia (September 20, 2006)

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Timeline

• 1934: December 15, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed is born a member of the Darod clan
• 1977-1978: Fights in the Ogaden War
• 1978: September, Organizes the Somali Salvation Democratic Front
• 1978: Leads a coup against General Siad Barre, which fails
• 1998: July 23, Elected president of Puntland
• 2001: July 1, Abdullahi Yusuf's term expires
• 2002: May, Through military action, Abdullahi Yusuf regains the presidency of Puntland
• 2004: October 10, Elected President of the Transitional Federal Government
• 2006: September 18, A suicide bomber hits Yusef's car killing 8 people. Yusef survives

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