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RECAP: SOMALIA’S PRESIDENT INTERVIEW WITH BBC May 26, 2005
<|a_yusuf.jpg|Somali President|left|>Somali President Mr. Abulahi Y. Ahmed who is now in London, UK made it very clear that Ethiopian troops will come into country if necessary in a long interview he gave to BBC Somali service. Mogadishu warlords accuse him of giving Ethiopia the green light to grab more land from Somalia. He argues the problem is neither Ethiopia nor any other country but the warlords who do not want to ease their grip on power and public domination.
The president sounded very relaxed and was optimist about Somalia’s future throughout the interview.
He reiterated his unhappiness with the Speaker of the House who sided with Mogadishu warlords in a power struggle between the president and the prime minister on one side and many Mogadishu warlords on the other.
“I will start listening to music when the country stabilizes.†He said. The last time he listened to music was a long time ago when he was in jail for being anti-government. He reads books on different subjects including law and the Holly Koran when he has few minutes to spare, no music though.
About Somaliland’s touchy subject, he said I am for unity but let’s solve the southern problem first.