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Halima Ahmed () is a Somali political activist.


Personal life

Ahmed was born in
Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
. For her post-secondary education, she earned a
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degree in
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from the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, a for-profit business whose lack of university accreditation has put it under the spotlight of the news media.


Career

Ahmed began her career with the Youth Rehabilitation Center in
Mogadishu Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has ...
,
Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
's capital. Her duties there included taking care of insurgents that had defected to join the
Somali government The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS; , DFS; ) is the internationally recognised government of Somalia, and the longest running attempt to create a central government in Somalia since the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic in 1991. It ...
. She later became a prospective candidate in the new
Federal Parliament of Somalia The Federal Parliament of Somalia (; often ''Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya''; ) is the national parliament of Somalia. Formed in August 2012, it is based in the capital Mogadishu and is bicameral, consisting of an Upper House (Senate) and a ...
, which was inaugurated in August 2012.


See also

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Hodan Ahmed Hodan Ahmed (; ) is a Somali political activist. She helped form the Somali Women Parliamentary Association the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia, which was succeeded by the Federal Parliament of Somalia. She serves as a Senior Progra ...


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World Economic Forum: Global Shapers Community - Halima Ahmed
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Halima Ethnic Somali people Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations alumni Living people Somalian activists Somalian women activists Somalian Muslims Somalian expatriates in Switzerland Year of birth missing (living people)