afrol News, 1 December - Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has criticised Djibouti mediated peace talks and a power sharing deal signed between transitional federal government and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia as a clan deal.

President Yusuf said a deal signed was not all encompassing, but serving personal interests of Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein.

Critics said remarks by president are casting doubt on the already opposed peace deal, with President Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein having disagreed on the composition of a new government.

They emphasised that the President's words attacking the agreement between the TFG and the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia, which has been opposed by some forces against to the federal government and the presence of foreign troops in the country would deepen the conflict further.

The Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf who invited Ethiopian troops into Somalia to help oust the Islamic Courts Union in 2006, appears increasingly isolated, with rebel groups demanding withdrawal before they could sit on the negotiations table.

Somalia which has been without the central government since its former dictator Mr Mohammed Siad Barre was ousted in 1991 has since been marred by conflict between rebel forces and government.

By staff writer

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