“Our country needs to go forward, not to go back. I promise to build a Somalia that is in harmony with itself and is in harmony with the world.”

—  Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (2022) cited in " Somalia Elects New President, but Terrorists Hold True Power https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/world/africa/somalia-election-president.html" on The New York Times, 15 May 2022.

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