Tuesday May 17, 2022
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his election day 15/05/2022Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – elected on Sunday 15 May by 54 senators and 275 lower house members from among 39 candidates – must make journalists’ safety a priority in a country were political violence and corruption have long prevailed over press freedom, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF).The long battle over who is to govern this Horn of Africa country with 16 million inhabitants for the next five years ended with the election of a man who was already president from 2012 to 2017. It is the first time a Somali president has been given a second term.