How An American Bureaucrat Became Somalia PresidentFebruary 19, 2017 - The people Mohamed worked with during those years describe him as a kind and humble family man. The then-president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, came to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly, and Mohamed, via friends of friends, arranged a meeting. According to Mohamed, he wanted to give the president his advice—one manager to another—on what Somalia could due to cut down on corruption. The meeting went well; so well, in fact, that a few days later, Mohamed received a phone call from the president’s staff. A month later, in Somalia, Mohamed was sworn in to his new position.

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2017 01:26 UTC