The United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa has congratulated Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on being elected the new President of Somalia.
Vicky Ford, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford, sent her congratulatory messages to President-Elect Mohamud on Sunday.
Mohamud won Somalia’s presidential elections with 214 votes.
He beat incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo who garnered 110 votes in the May 15 elections.
Ford assured Mohamud that the United Kingdom would continue working closely with Somalia.
In her statement, she assured Somalia of the UK’s close cooperation in building stability, fighting Al-Shabaab, and supporting Somalis affected by the ongoing drought.