New Somali leader feted in capital of former enemy

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African leaders on Monday feted Somalia's new moderate Islamist president at a summit in Ethiopia, which chased him from power two years ago.
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed enjoyed a standing ovation from African Union leaders in Addis Ababa, two days after he was elected to lead the Horn of Africa nation in a parliamentary vote.
But in Somalia, militant Islamists declared jihad against Ahmed and mocked his trip to his former enemy, rallying their supporters for war against the new government. Ahmed headed a sharia courts movement that brought some stability to Mogadishu and most of south Somalia in 2006, before Washington's main regional ally Ethiopia invaded to oust them. Washington accused hardline members of the courts movement of having links with al Qaeda...more..http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-37791020090202