- 28 Feb 2013 14:17 - Boris Bachorz
- Somalia's president has offered an amnesty to young pirates in a bid to end attacks off the coast as he seeks to rebuild the war-torn country.
- 10 Dec 2012 09:52 - M&G Online reporter and agencies
- The Mail & Guardian takes a look at the continent's new and not-so-new leaders who were elected into office this year.
- 12 Sep 2012 16:30 - Sapa-AFP
- Somalia's new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has survived an assassination bid after bomb blasts - claimed by al-Shabab - rocked a Mogadishu hotel.
- 10 Sep 2012 20:52 - AFP
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is Somalia's new president after the 56-year-old university lecturer got the majority of votes in a second round of elections.
