Mohamed abdullahi farmajo biography
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His name combines that of the Holy Prophet of Islam (Mohammed) on two sides and Mohammed’s father’s name in between. Then his more popular Italian nickname follows – a nickname he is known for and for which he bears on his official twitter handle – ‘Farmajo’.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmajo’ was on February 8 elected the 9th President of Somalia. An election held in an airport hangar due to increasing insecurity largely because of the activities of al-Shabaab insurgents.
There was a virtual lockdown in the capital Mogadishu as lawmakers in the country’s Upper and Lower legislative houses met to choose the ledare Executive of the Horn of Africa’s most insecure and embattled nation.
Security aside, a battered economy and drought are not helping matters and yet Farmajo and over 20 others believed it was worth pitching to inherit a nation in crisis, with the view to vända things around for the better.
In the end, it came down to kvartet candidates and then to two – Farmajo and the the
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SOMALIA / PRESIDENT FARMAJO
8 FEBRUARY 2017, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
1. Wide shot, members of parliament registering before voting
2. Med shot, election officials displaying empty ballot box before voting begins
3. Med shot, members of parliament registering before voting
4. Various shots, members of parliament casting their votes
5. Various shots, election officials counting votes
6. Close up, vote tallying on paper
7. Med shot, President-elect Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo being sworn in
8. Wide shot, legislators and guests in attendance
9. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, outgoing President, Somalia:
“I urge the people of Somalia both in the country and in the diaspora to support the new president and work very closely with him to enable him to discharge his duties and develop the country. I also want to congratulate the new president and wish him well.”
10. Wide shot, legislators and guests in attendance
11. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, President, S
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Somalia's Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo chosen as president
Apart from achieving stability in a country that has not had an functioning government since the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991, he has to tackle corruption.
Unconfirmed reports said votes were being sold for up to $30,000 (£24,000) in a country heavily funded by foreign donors, and where most people are poor.
"This is probably the most expensive election, per vote, in history,'' Mogadishu-based anti-corruption group Marqaati said on Tuesday, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Ahead of the vote, the United Nations' envoy to Somalia, Michael Keating, told the BBC the new president would have to tackle corruption.
"It sets the stage for the next president to do something about it. In fact the credibility of the next president will revolve around whether he takes decisive action," he said.
Analysts say holding the election at the airport complex is also aimed at reducing