Posted Monday, June 20 2011 at 19:08
The Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has reached a critical stage and things could get worse before its mandate comes to an end in August.
The clan factor that has seen Somalia sink into anarchy is rearing its head once more.
While a recent UN-backed deal reached at Kampala called for Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to resign within a month to pave the way for the formation of a new government, he has been playing a dangerous clan game and refusing to go.
Though he finally resigned, there has been talk that members of the Darood clan pressured the President, Sheik Ahmed Sharif, to replace the Prime Minister, an ethnic Ogadeni, with one of their own.
The TFG has been largely ineffective since being elected in 2004. There have been two presidents and three prime ministers so far.
Yet, the international community continues to push Somalia to the back-burner, while the continued chaos threatens peace and security in the region.
The TFG requires the help of regional leaders to overcome the current crisis peacefully, lest it engulfs the whole Horn of Africa.
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