The New President of Semalia, Hassan Shazam

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Tom gardner is the economist horn of africa correspondent. To leave it requires an enormous armed escort. He was accompanied by seven soldiers in a jeep and a mounted machine gun. The country he's a taking over is still a very dangerous place.

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