-
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was head of the Executive Council of the Islamic Courts Union.
NPR: Leading Member of Islamic Courts Held in Kenya
-
Mr Ghedi called for Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to be handed over to the Somali government.
BBC: NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia starts Somalia pull-out
-
In a first round of voting, in which 22 candidates competed, Mr Hassan came second to the incumbent, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, but prevailed over him easily with 190 votes to 79 in a run-off.
ECONOMIST: Somalia��s new president
-
The rivalry between the current president, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, and the parliamentary speaker, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, complicates things further.
ECONOMIST: Surprising Somalia
-
Maalim was the father-in-law of former Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, according to the United Nations.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
-
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the lacklustre president, has extended his mandate by delaying elections to next year, to nobody's satisfaction.
ECONOMIST: Somalia��s woes
-
It is no surprise that Sheikh Sharif Ahmed cares little about the fate of the Bantus, let alone Christians.
ECONOMIST: On the Conservatives and Europe, health care, Somalia, Panama, prisoners' voting rights, schools, maps | The
-
Senior Islamists, including the leading moderate, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, insist that the killers will be brought to justice and punished.
ECONOMIST: Somalia
-
In early February, mortars were fired at the presidential palace hours after newly elected Somalian President Sheikh Sharif Sheekh Ahmed arrived in the country's capital.
CNN: Peacekeepers' fury over Somalia killing