Professor wins presidential election in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s Parliament on Monday elected a new president of the country’s fledgling government.

Members of the international community have called the move a key step toward the East African nation’s transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a professor, won election over outgoing President Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed by a legislative vote of 190 to 79, according to Parliament Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari.