- Abukar Umar Adani
Abukar Omar Adani is the Chief Financier of the
Islamic Courts Union .http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=57787§ionid=351020501] He hails from theWarsangali clan (a subclan ofAbgaal ) [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2006/03/mil-060322-irin04.htm] . As of 2008, he lives inDjibouti having fledSomalia following the defeat of the ICU byEthiopia n forces. In September 2007, Adani rejected Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi's offer to return toMogadishu and participate in the second round of the Somali National Reconciliation Conference, saying that he has no plans to return to Somalia until the Ethiopians leave. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Islamist_financer_refuses_Somalia_PM_s_offer_to_return_to_Mogadishu.shtml] .Adani offered support to the UN-sponsored Djibouti peace talks between theTransitional National Government (TNG) andAlliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS)..References
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