Halima Ahmed
Halima Ahmed at the 2012 World Economic Forum in Addis Ababa.
Born
Xaliima Axmed

Alma materGeneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations
OccupationPolitical activist

Halima Ahmed (Somali: Xaliima Axmed) is a Somali political activist.

Personal life

Ahmed was born in Somalia. For her post-secondary education, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the Geneva School of Diplomacy in Geneva, Switzerland.[1]

Career

Ahmed began her career with the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. Her duties there included taking care of insurgents that had defected to join the Somali government.[1]

She later became a prospective candidate in the new Federal Parliament of Somalia,[1] which was inaugurated in August 2012.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "World Economic Forum - Halima Ahmed". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  2. "Somalia: UN Envoy Says Inauguration of New Parliament in Somalia 'Historic Moment'". Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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