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Second time’s the charm? Somalia’s new president

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is Somalia’s first-ever reelected president. In an interview with our correspondent, he lays out his second-term ambitions for beating back jihadist insurgents and repairing relations with his neighbours. Why adapting to climate change is harder for people with less education. And why the film industry has high hopes for this summer’s blockbusters. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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1:03.6

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. In New York, I'm John Fastman.

1:10.1

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:17.4

All over the world, people are adapting to a changing climate.

1:21.5

They're sewing different crops, planting more trees, and painting roofs white instead of black.

1:27.3

But more important than any of those may be making sure children go to school.

1:34.5

And for two years, people have been reluctant to spend hours in crowded rooms inhaling and exhaling with strangers.

1:41.0

But this summer, Tom Cruise has returned to the skies and dinosaurs once again

1:46.8

roam the earth. The summer blockbuster is back. But first. Today, Hassan Sheikh Mohammed was inaugurated as president of Somalia,

2:05.7

ten years after he first entered the presidential palace.

2:09.5

This makes him the first president to hold the office twice since Somalia became independent in 1960.

2:16.2

But while Mr. Muhammad has broken new political ground,

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