Ongoing negotiations between President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government and hard line Islamic insurgent groups continue in the Somali capital, Mogadishu today (Wednesday). The talks aimed at bringing the Islamic hardliners into government are reportedly going on smoothly despite the refusal of both parties to divulge the extent of the discussions. Political observers believe escalated violence in Somalia could significantly be reduced once Islamic hard line insurgent groups join the new government. But many Somalis say it would be next to impossible for al-Shabaab, with reported links to al-Qaeda, to join the new government after refusing to recognize it.
Political analyst Abdullahi Ali tells reporter Peter Clottey that Mogadishu has a hard task in getting the hard line Islamic insurgents to join the government.
"What has happened in the recent Arab summit in Qatar is that the elected president of Somalia was told to cooperate with the opposition that is in the form of armed groups in Somalia. One of the people who is involved in that is Sheikh Hassan Dahir Awey (is on a U.S. list of terrorism suspects) who is based in Asmara and who was previously in the same group with Sheikh Sharif until they broke up. But what is challenging here is not only are there many struggles in Somalia which are outside the two ARS'S (Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia), the biggest obstacle will be how they are going to share power considering the nature of the power itself," Ali noted..more..http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-04-08-voa9.cfm
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