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The former spokesman said a businessman named Ibrahim Hersi Galow is being inaugurated as Shabaab's leader without the consent of other members of Shura' Council.
" We know that Kampala -based businessman from Burco have been presented to be a leader by M.M Faruur and Abu Ubeyda but their will won't work every time," Abu Mansur told Waagacusub Media.
Who is Ibrahim Hersi Galow ?
Ibrahim Hersi Galow was a good Koran teacher in Burco , the capital city of Togdheer Province. In 1990s, he was an active member of Al- Itahad Al-Islamiya that fought against Puntland administration of Somalia.
Mr. Galow became a good friend of Ibrahim Afghani, M.M. Faruur and Ahmed Abdi Godane after he had joined the group.
He has South African passport and got married a South African girl and now he is the senior manager for the company of Dahabshiil in Kampala, Uganda and South Africa.
He had a surgery for the stomach in Kampala for the help of late Al-Shabaab leader's special doctor.
According to workers of Dahabshiil, who asked not to be named, he helped senior members of the Islamic extremists to go to South Sudan last year.
Ibrahin Galow, who hails from, Bah Dhulbahante, an Isaq sub-clan of Habaryoonis held a meeting in which Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya's house of war officials participated in took place in Buro, however ; the second President of Somaliland, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal , exiled him from Somaliland because the agenda of the meeting was to establish Islamic State in the north Western Somalia regions.
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Waagacusub.com - Huge explosions have rocket the Somali capital. They became incontrollable, as they occur at least twice, while targeting government officials and their offices. Al Shabab terrorists seem to be recapturing the control of Mogadishu after the government troops and police vacated their bases in the front lines in lower and middle Shabelle regions. Full Article
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MOGADISHU / MINNEAPOLIS — Somali rapper Sharmarke Abdinasir Mohamed, widely known as Sharma Boy, is facing renewed scrutiny following allegations that he used threats, blackmail and sustained pressure to obtain thousands of dollars from a Somali-American woman in the United States. Full Article
MOGADISHU — Concerns are growing among Somali intellectuals, civil society organizations, retired military officers, and democracy advocates that Somalia is entering a dangerous period of political instability marked by increasing militarization and shrinking space for democratic participation. The concerns come amid escalating confrontations in Mogadishu and reports of civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction resulting from recent clashes between government forces and opposition-aligned groups. Full Article
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Uganda: Who is terrorist Ibrahim Galow -Dahabshiil Manager of Uganda
Waagacusub.net - A dispute over electing a new leader for al Qaeda-aligned militant of Al-shabaab erupted among senior leaders of the group, sources told Waagacusub Media.