Farmaajo's sinking ship and the politics of zero-sum game – Goobjoog News English
By T. Roble GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Local, continental and global rejection of Mohamed Farmaajo’s bid to cling to power has left him a lone sailor on a rickety boat headed nowhere safe for a frail army of social media cheerleaders and Villa Somalia henchmen. Virtually all donors whom the Federal Government handed the burden of financing 61% of this year’s national budget are up in arms in vehemently rejecting Farmaajo’s continued stay in office and called for ‘urgent’ return to talks. Even the few lobbyists who propped the Farmaajo presidency from Nairobi have gone quiet or toned d...