DJIBOUTI, 12 February 2009 (IRIN) - Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was recently elected President of Somalia at a parliamentary meeting in Djibouti. Before returning to Mogadishu where he will appoint a prime minister and form a government, Ahmed talked to IRIN about the challenges ahead. Below are excerpts:
IRIN: What are the biggest challenges facing your administration?
Ahmed: The biggest obstacle is trying to get people to believe and have hope again that things can and will get better. The people have suffered and are still suffering. They have been divided. Rebuilding the unity of our people and nation will be one of our biggest challenges. Every time they were hopeful, they were knocked back again. We must keep this hope alive.
We also face the task of building government institutions from scratch. We are basically broke and the country broken. All these in my opinion are obstacles we will have to deal with urgently.
What role do you expect donors to play? more,..
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/02/mil-090212-irin01.htm
IRIN: What are the biggest challenges facing your administration?
Ahmed: The biggest obstacle is trying to get people to believe and have hope again that things can and will get better. The people have suffered and are still suffering. They have been divided. Rebuilding the unity of our people and nation will be one of our biggest challenges. Every time they were hopeful, they were knocked back again. We must keep this hope alive.
We also face the task of building government institutions from scratch. We are basically broke and the country broken. All these in my opinion are obstacles we will have to deal with urgently.
What role do you expect donors to play? more,..
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/02/mil-090212-irin01.htm
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