(Garowe Online) MOGADISHU – The Ethiopian Woyanne army’s top two generals serving in Somalia have been recalled to Addis Ababa.
A private plane transported Gen. Gabre and Gen. Yohannis from Aden Adde International Airport, in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to sources at the airport.
The two generals’ Sunday trip to Addis Ababa is linked to growing discord among the Somali government’s top leaders [puppets] –- mainly, President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Adde Hassan Hussein, who have been at odds for the past week.
President Yusuf reinstated close ally Mohamed Dheere as Mogadishu’s mayor, two days after the Cabinet dismissed the mayor in a vote proposed by the Prime Minister.
Confidential sources close to the Somali President tell Garowe Online that Yusuf called Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi and accused Gen. Gabre and Gen. Yohannis of “being part of the conspiracy” to oust Mohamed Dheere, an ex-warlord who enjoyed Addis Ababa’s Woyanne’s support for years.
Also, President Yusuf reportedly rejected the Ethiopian leader’s Woyanne’s offer to mediate between him and the Prime Minister, the sources added.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Nur Adde named four new Cabinet ministers after 10 ministers announced they quit the transitional government yesterday.