By Maurizio Molinari
(La Repubblica)
“
Members of the Al Shabab terrorist militia tried to kill me three times, but I will be the one to deprive them of their oxygen.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is the president who wants to free Somalia from Islamic jihadists.
In 2012, he led the first government after the overthrow of Siad Barre in 1991. Fallen in 2017, he was re-elected last May and unleashed what he calls an "all-out war" against
the
terrorist militia Al Shabab.
He attacks them with soldiers and erodes their popular consensus by relying on economic handouts and religious fatwas - a tough, fierce challenge.
Hassan Sheik, 67, traveled to Rome because he believes in the "
historic relationship
" with our country, says he needs "
Italy and Europe
" and is ready to cooperate "
to stop the smuggling of migrants
".
In Mogadishu, he risks his life every day;
a few weeks ago, while trying to eliminate it, jihadists did…
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