Somalia elects first new president in decades Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is a former prime minister with dual Somali-.U.S. citizenship. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2k4IB7w Newly elected president of Somalia and former prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo gestures as he makes an address on Feb. 8, 2017, in Mogadishu.