Abdullahi Mohammed Farmaajo declared Somalia president

Incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud concedes defeat after two rounds of voting and congratulates new leader.

 A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-US citizenship has been declared Somalia's new president.

Abdullahi Mohammed Farmaajo was named the new leader after two rounds of voting on Wednesday and quickly took the oath of office.
Incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud conceded defeat.
"History was made, we have taken this path to democracy, and now I want to congratulate Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo," Mohamud said.
The country is trying to put together its first fully functioning central government in a quarter-century.
The protracted vote began on Wednesday after 14,000 elders and prominent regional figures chose 275 members of parliament and 54 senators, who in turn chose whether to back President Mohamud for a second term or one of 21 rivals.

Limited to legislators

Fears of attacks by al-Shabab, an armed group, limited the election to the country's legislators, who voted at a heavily-guarded former air force base in the capital, Mogadishu.