Horta let's take a little break from bovine talks (well at least until the cows come home ).
And ask the question can The former Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud Win The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership?
Knowing that his predecessor Sheikh Shariif Sheikh Ahmed, who came to power in similar fashion and who stepped down after losing in an election for a second term, was not concidered for the award.
Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces NO winner of 2016 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
Since being launched in 2006, the Ibrahim Prize has been awarded four times. The previous Laureates are President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia (2014), President Pedro Pires of Cabo Verde (2011), President Festus Mogae of Botswana (2008), and President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique (2007). Nelson Mandela was the inaugural Honorary Laureate in 2007.
