Ahmed Godane, another Somalilander, the leader of Al Shabaab is a junior appointed to represent the interests of the secessionist Issak clan and keep the South of Somalia in ruins to facilitate an international recognition for the Issak tribal enclave in the North of Somalia a.k.a Somaliland.

In a brief statement in Brussels, the commission said it hoped that the move would "facilitate the European Community's efforts in support of reconciliation in the Korean Peninsula and, in particular, in support of economic reform and easing of the acute food and health problems" in the North.