On Saturday, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud appointed Ahmed Madobe’s former spy chief as commander of the Somali army’s land forces, a move widely interpreted as an aggressive strategy to exert control over Jubaland and compel its leader to acquiesce to Mohamud’s authority—or risk losing his position. Not only that, but Jubaland leader Ahmed Madobe has summoned all federal MPs from his region to Kismayo for urgent consultations, echoing a recent political strategy employed by Puntland President Saed Deni, who is likewise engaged in a struggle against Villa Somalia.