Somalia’s three ex-presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, and Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, have strongly denounced President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s government for what they characterise as the unlawful appropriation and sale of public land.
They accuse the administration of orchestrating land transfers without adequate oversight or legal protocols, noting that many of the disposals bypassed the National Contracts Agency, and failed to deposit proceeds into the state treasury.
They condemned the evictions in Tarabunka, where clashes erupted between rival security factions as emblematic of dangerous state overreach.
Their letter also urged businesses and the public to abstain from supporting or purchasing illegally transferred properties, labelling such deals as illegitimate and high-risk.
Somalia’s civil society and political analysts have welcomed the intervention, calling it a powerful call for governance accountability.
This is the first time all three surviving former presidents have publicly united in criticism, signalling deep institutional concern over land governance and its implications for Somalia’s fragile political stability.
Africanews/Hauwa M.