Somalia Analysis Islamist | Hopes high for Somalia’s new Islamist president

February 5, 2009 by frankls
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Hopes high for Somalia’s new Islamist president
It was an odd sight in Ethiopia’s capital this week: a standing ovation for Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the man whom Ethiopian forces had removed from power in neighboring Somalia two years ago.

He once led the Islamic Courts Union, which ruled much of Somalia in 2006 before it was routed by the Ethiopians. Now, Ahmed is the leader of Somalia’s U.N.-backed transitional government — and two days after his election to the post of president, he was welcomed with open arms at an African Union summit in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
Two years after the invasion and the guerrilla war it provoked, Somalia has in some ways come full circle. Islamist militias control the country’s capital and other key cities; the transitional government is trying to establish a foothold from outside the country; and Ahmed — commonly known as "Sheikh Sharif" — is in a position of power.

Continued here Hopes high for Somalia’s new Islamist president – CNN.com

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