Somalia has voted in political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president in the first free and fair elections for decades.<br /><br />Mohamud unexpectedly defeated incumbent President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed who has long been criticised for corruption.<br /><br />Mohamud is a moderate Islamist academic as well as a civic activist and who has worked for several peace and development organisations.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/