A Northern power broker declined to back fellow Northerner Egal.

Evidence

Qalib was a Northerner who was in a position to influence the process. He did not suggest his fellow Northerner Mohamed Ibrahim Egal as a possible prime minister. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1357

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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