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Hirshabelle: Cali Guudlaawe orders removal of Ugaas Yuusuf

By , based on Caasimada Online

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The president of the Somali state of Hirshabelle, Cali Guudlaawe, has ordered the removal of Ugaas Yuusuf Ugaas Xasan in Jowhar, according to Caasimada. The information is reported from a Somali-language article whose content is only partially available.

The president of the Hirshabelle federal state, Cali Guudlaawe, has asked the elders of the Xawaadle community to find Ugaas Yuusuf Ugaas Xasan Ugaas Khaliif, the Ugaaska guud, the supreme chief of this clan, in order to persuade him to ease the tension shaking Beledweyne, according to Caasimada Online.

This tension follows recent accusations made by a Xawaadle chief, who accused the government of invading Hiiraan, the clan’s home region. President Guudlaawe himself has taken a series of decisions in the region in recent days, including the dismissal of the governor of Hiiraan.

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