logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2022
25m 45s

Second time’s the charm? Somalia’s new p...

The Economist
About this episode
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is Somalia’s first-ever reelected president. In an interview with our correspondent, he lays out his second-term ambitions for beating back jihadist insurgents and repairing relations with his neighbours. Why adapting to climate change is harder for people with less education. And why the film industry has high hopes for this summer’s blockbusters. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Yesterday
Party likes it 1959: Cuba in crisis
<p>The country’s Communist Party leadership continues to cling to old ideals amid on-again, off-again diplomacy with America—and the people’s suffering <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/11/18/cuba-is-heading-for-disaster-unless-its-regime-changes-drastically?ut ... Show More
23m 15s
Nov 25
Wage against the machine: the distortions of minimum pay
<p>For decades governments have found minimum-wage rises a politically expedient means of redistribution. But the onward <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/20/why-governments-should-stop-raising-the-minimum-wage?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_so ... Show More
22m 16s
Nov 24
Emission creep: a contentious COP closes
<p>It is telling and troubling that the annual climate talking-shop’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2025/11/22/cop30-ends-with-a-whimper?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownote ... Show More
25m 51s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2022
Second time’s the charm? Somalia’s new president
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is Somalia’s first-ever reelected president. In an <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/06/02/somalias-new-president-vows-to-beat-back-jihadists-then-talk-to-them?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintellige ... Show More
25m 45s
Nov 2022
On the Horn’s dilemma: meeting Somalia’s president
<p>The Horn of Africa’s resurgent jihadists of al-Shabab pose the biggest problem to <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/06/02/somalias-new-president-vows-to-beat-back-jihadists-then-talk-to-them?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source= ... Show More
28m 10s
Oct 2022
Help them, Obi: one hopeful candidate in Nigeria
<p>Our correspondent meets with <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/10/10/peter-obi-a-man-who-carries-his-own-suitcases-could-be-nigerias-next-president?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.conte ... Show More
25m 30s
Oct 2022
Helmsman’s high water: China’s Communist Party Congress
<p>State media have taken to calling President Xi Jinping “the helmsman”; at the five-yearly meeting he <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2022/10/16/at-chinas-communist-party-congress-xi-jinping-sails-on-undaunted?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=th ... Show More
22m 4s
Feb 2023
A chance at renewal: Nigeria’s coming election
<p>Young voters are fired up and the electoral system has been strengthened, but Nigeria’s challenges are considerable. We explore why <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/02/02/nigerias-presidential-race-goes-down-to-the-wire?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_mediu ... Show More
29m 35s
Feb 2024
Why is it so hard to find a job in Somalia?
“When I wake up every morning my work is only to find work, yet I have not heard from any employer for the last six months,” says Abdullahi Mohammed, a young Somali graduate. He has a degree in Information Technology, a master’s in Development Studies from the UK, and has some sh ... Show More
20m 34s
Mar 2022
Climate of fear: the IPCC’s new report
A new report shows that <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/the-latest-un-climate-report-is-gloomy-with-some-sunny-patches/21807952" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">climate change</a> is already causing widespread, tangible damage, and argues that ... Show More
24m 53s
Nov 2022
Why are Nigerians swapping their high-value banknotes?
Nigerians have to swap their current high-value banknotes for new ones by the end of January. Why the change?Also, we take a rare look at the workings of an elite Somali military unit fighting Al Shabab.Plus, from Harare - President Mnangagwa makes this year's state of the nation ... Show More
33m 57s