Somalia Government Accused of Dishonest Negotiating

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Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, prime minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, right, and Sheikh Mahmud Sheikh Hassan, spiritual leader of Ahlu Sunna Waljama (ASWJ), shake hands following the signing of an agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (File Photo - 15 Mar 2010)

A key military ally of the U.N.-backed Transitional Federal Government in Somalia is accusing the government of negotiating in bad faith, describing a recent political agreement between the two sides as "broken." The statement comes amid an offensive by al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants in the capital.
A leader of the Sufi Islamic militia, Ahlu-Sunna Wal-Jama'a, says his grou
p is deeply frustrated by the lack of progress on an agreement signed in March between his group and Somalia's U.N.-backed Transitional Federal Government.
Sheik Mohamoud Hassan Farah says the accord has collapsed because the government has not fulfilled any of the promises it has made to Ahlu-Sunna.Read More