Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government Returns to Mogadishu

Mogadishu, Somalia - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has returned today to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The president has been in Garowe, the capital city of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland where he held talks with the president of Puntland Gen. Ade Muse as well members of both houses of Puntland. Among issues the President discussed were the region’s upcoming general elections, security and oil explorations in the region. The president was welcomed at Adam Ade International Airport in Mogadishu by the prime minister of the TFG as well as members from the two chambers of the TFG. Before the president arrived at the airport, a large number of Ethiopian and Somali troops were stationed at Maka Al-Mukaram Street who stopped traffic on the street for several hours. No violence has been reported due to the arrival of the president which in the past occurred on several occasions coinciding with the president’s arrival or departure from the airport. It is reported that the president safely arrived the Presidential Place, Villa Somalia.