- 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.
afrol News - It is called "financial inclusion", and it is a key government policy in Rwanda. The goal is that, by 2020, 90 percent of the population is to have and actively use bank accounts. And in only four years, financial inclusion has doubled in Rwanda.
afrol News - The UN's humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be "imploding". Relief officials are appealing to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.
afrol News - Fear is spreading all over West Africa after the health ministry in Guinea confirmed the first Ebola outbreak in this part of Africa. According to official numbers, at least 86 are infected and 59 are dead as a result of this very contagious disease.
afrol News - It is already a crime being homosexual in Ethiopia, but parliament is now making sure the anti-gay laws will be applied in practical life. No pardoning of gays will be allowed in future, but activist fear this only is a signal of further repression being prepared.
afrol News / Africa Renewal - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.
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