Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh: his strengths and weaknesses

Mohamed Haji Ingiriis Visiting Professor at African Leadership Centre, King's College London, University of Oxford

Somalia has a new president. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud beat the incumbent Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo in a long-delayed election. It’s not Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s first stint as leader, the 66-year-old served as Somalia’s president between 2012 a…