Halima Ahmed | |
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 Halima Ahmed at the 2012 World Economic Forum in Addis Ababa. | |
| Born | Xaliima Axmed |
| Alma mater | Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations |
| Occupation | Political activist |
Halima Ahmed (Somali : Xaliima Axmed) is a Somali political activist.
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]
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]
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