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Breaking of the Baidoa Agreement: What HSM Faces Now

#SouthWestState President's defiance to #BaidoaAgreement has sparked tensions. As #Egypt readies troops, #Laftagareen eyes #Ethiopia's support, testing Villa #Somalia's patience. Will reconciliation prevail or will SO slide further into crisis?

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Somalia’s move to invite Egyptian troops on its soil is playing out in differences between Mogadishu and its federal states, in what could derail the country’s focus on security needs. On Wednesday, hundreds of people in Waajid, the second major town in Bakol region in South West State (SWS) of Somalia protested along the streets, carrying placards with such slogans as ‘doonimayno Masar’ (we don’t want Egypt) and ‘soo dhowoow Itoobiya’ (welcome Ethiopia). The protests derailed transportation between Baidoa, the South West capital and Mogadishu as authorities sought to calm the unusual protests. As a result, Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre flew to Baidoa in the company of top aides including the Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) Abdullahi Mohamed Ali alias Sanbaloolshe. They went to convince the SWS leader Abdiaziz Laftagareen that the federal government has plans to deploy enough forces to guarantee the security of his State in the event that Ethiopia is replaced.

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