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UAE’s president Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has canceled an in-person meeting with the Somali president at the presidential palace in Abu Dhabi after he received a positive result on a coronavirus test.

Roble was praised for his courageous decision to restore ties with the UAE last month, as well as for returning $ 9.6 million in cash seized by NISA at Mogadishu airport in early April 2018 during Farmajo’s presidency.

The meeting comes as Hassan Sheikh is expected to appoint his new prime minister with reports that Puntland and Jubaland leaders have an influence in the decision-making. 

Somalia’s governance is wanting at both national and federal, corruption is endemic and al-Shabaab militants are still a major threat, even firing mortars at the airport ahead of the inauguration.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected president of Somalia on 15th May in Mogadishu, five years after being voted out of office. 

The president’s inauguration will take place at the Afisioni hangar in the airport facility under tight security with all flights to and from Mogadishu expected to be halted until Friday, according to the sources.

Mohamud who is expected to be inaugurated on Thursday, June 9 has promised during his election campaign he will to liberated the whole country from Al-Shabaab and hold a popular election in 4 years.

The inaugural event was scheduled to take place on June 1 but was delayed at the request of some invited leaders, mainly Guelleh, according to sources in Villa Somalia.

Lafta-Garen who has been a strong Farmajo ally is now facing uncertainty after a new change of a leadership at Villa Somalia in Mogadishu.

Mohamud will ask Laf-Garen to set aside the differences and focus on the upcoming election in Southwest, which Villa Somalia wants to go as scheduled and peaceful.

Villa Somalia said in a statement Weber and the president discussed a range of issues, including boosting the relations between Somalia and the EU as the Horn of Africa is recovering from a long conflict.

Mohamud, an academic becomes the 10th president of Somalia since the country became an independent nation in East Africa in 1960 from Britain and Italian colonies.