Hassan Skeikh Mohamud was attacked on only his second day in office, highlighting country’s ongoing political instability Somalia’s new leader was inaugurated on Sunday amid tight security in the capital, Mogadishu, four days after President Hassan Skeikh Mohamud survived an assassination attempt. Mohamud, a teacher and activist, won the election last week against the outgoing president, Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, by the legislative vote of 190 to 79.

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