"This is why there is a real scramble for leadership and there is a real power struggle, which is reflected in the deadlock in the election in parliament."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

He says the power struggle taking place between the two Korea's could result in what he says could be "some of the most terrible things to happen since the Korean War".

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

In September,a power struggle erupted in violence in the lower Juba region between al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam, a clan-based Islamist-nationalist group which had been al-Shabab's main ally in its year-long battle to overthrow the U.N.-backed government in Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02