GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Somali government has said AU envoy John Mahama is not welcome to lead the mediation talks accusing him of links with Kenya in what could unravel another round of battles with the opposition which has welcomed Mahama’s appointment. Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak said in a note verbal dated May 10 to AU Commission chairman Moussa Faki that the former president of Ghana was not an impartial mediator noting that he had close ties with Kenyan leadership. “It is indeed surprising that a candidate with an extensive link with Kenya’s leadership has been chosen by the AU to facilitate talks on a political impasse partly engineered by those the Kenyan leadership has supported,” the note read in part.