Somali rebel groups announce opposition to new presiden

Somali Islamist militants of a coalition of four insurgent groups parade on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu, Feb. 2, 2009. The four rebel groups, the Dr. Omar Iman faction of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), Faruk Anole, Raskamboni, and the Islamic Front of Somalia, announced opposition to the newly-elected President of Somalia Shiekh Sharif Shiekh Ahmed in Mogadishu on Monday.

An official of the rebel group, Al-Shabaab Movement, speaks during a protest against the election of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as Somalia's new president, in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, Feb. 2, 2009.