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Jubbaland’s Madobe risks isolation over ally

Ahmed Mohamed Islam better known as Ahmed Madobe, speaks after his re-election as President of Jubbaland. PHOTO | AFP

By  Fred Oluoch

Contributor in Nairobi, Kenya

Nation Media Group

Jubbaland could find itself isolated because of continued resistance to co-operation with Mogadishu.

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has been reaching out to Puntland and Galmudug, leaving out Jubbaland as the only state committed to non-co-operation that was declared by the five states in September 2018.

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