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Four Key Tasks Facing Somalia's New President

After his landslide victory, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud becomes the first President of the first permanent government in the country since 1991. Mohamud faces a labyrinth of challenges including corruption, terrorism and piracy, writes Abdi Aynte for African Arguments.

  • Somalia:   Political Newcomer Takes Power in Landslide

    African Arguments, 11 September 2012

    On Monday, Somalia lived up to its track record for never re-electing an incumbent leader. President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed lost to a political newcomer, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in a… Read more »

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    He is a Somali educator, civil and political rights activist and politician, and was elected President of Somalia on 10 ... see more »

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