[4] As a young man he joined the Italian Carabinieri college and graduated in 1952, and served in the colonial police force of the Trust Territory of Somaliland.

[6] In his speech to the Chinese government he reiterated his nation's support for the Chinese people's right to be members of the United Nations, he also outlined the main motivating factors that impelled the Somali Military to stage the coup, among the reasons he cited were the civilian governments financial corruption and unwillingness to liberate the Somali territories under Ethiopia, Kenya and France.

[7] Excerpt from his speech : We believe [ in ] and we will tirelessly work for the restoration of the legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations and the expulsion of the illegal Chiang Kai-shek regime.

The Somali highway connected the north and south of the country was the Chinese government's second-most ambitious project in Sub-Saharan Africa, which they started and finished in the late 1970s.

During his vice presidency, Ainanshe travelled to Pyongyang for the first time in 1970 meeting and having talks with the leader of North Korea Kim Il Sung.

[9][10][11] While paying a visit to Las Anod in the Northern part of the country, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, then Somalia's president, was shot dead by one of his bodyguards.

The Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) that assumed power after coup and was led by Ainanshe, Barre, Lieutenant Colonel Salaad Gabeyre Kediye and Chief of Police Jama Korshel.