Garowe (PP Information Desk) — The autobiography of the late Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has been translated into Arabic. Revealed in 2012, one month earlier than his passing, the autobiography is the primary written by a former Somali president in Somali. Mohamud Issa Farah translated the autobiography, Halgan iyo Hagardaamo (Wrestle and Conspiracy), into Arabic in 2025.
The autobiography covers many matters, starting from his upbringing and his enlistment within the military in 1952 through the trusteeship interval, in what was then generally known as the Belief Territory of Somaliland, to his army profession after independence in 1960. It additionally particulars his arrest by the army regime, the 1978 abortive coup and his subsequent defection to kind an armed entrance based mostly in Ethiopia, the place he was detained in 1985 and launched in 1991. He additional mirrored on his return to Somalia in 1991, his position in Somali politics and his notable advocacy for a federal system for Somalia, which was adopted in 2004 earlier than he had been elected president through the Kenya-sponsored Somali reconciliation convention.
The autobiography raised questions in regards to the disclosures he made concerning political occasions throughout his presidential tenure. Some readers have lauded Yusuf’s candour about his views on his rivals and the position of neighbouring international locations.
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