Somalia's New Man

Somalia's New Man

One of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s inaugural acts as president of Somalia was to survive an assassination attempt. After winning a decisive vote among parliamentarians last Monday, Mohamud took the helm of the long-suffering state. On Wednesday, a wave of explosions and gunfire struck the hotel in Mogadishu where he was meeting with Sam Ongeri, the foreign minister of neighboring Kenya. While the dignitaries survived, eight others were killed.

Mohamud’s rough first days on the job were emblematic of the challenges ahead. He’ll have to patch together a nation after two decades of institutional collapse and political paralysis — a feat neither his predecessors nor interventionist global diplomats could manage.

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