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After over a year of numerous delays, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the polls on 15 May.
He will be seeking a more balanced relationship with neighbouring Ethiopia and the reestablishment of Somalia’s reputation as a country back on the road to recovery, both politically and economically.
President Hassan Sheikh’s two major challenges are internal: the fight against Al Shabaab militants and reconciling with the breakaway northern region of Somaliland, says Ambassador Ahmed Isse Awad, a former foreign minister of Somalia. “Unless he provides a permanent solution, the problem [will] remain.”
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