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Ifrah Ahmed was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1989. At the age of eight years old, Ahmed underwent enforced circumcision at the hands of a family member who was a licensed doctor. [ 1 ] It was during the Ethiopian War that Ahmed retreated from Somalia to Ireland at the age of 17.
The president of Somalia (Somali: Madaxaweynaha Soomaaliya) is the head of state of Somalia. There have been 9 official presidents since the office was created in 1960. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces. The current office holder is Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, having been elected in the 2022 presidential election.
The dawn of fascism in the early 1920s heralded a change of strategy for Italy, as the north-eastern sultanates were soon to be forced within the boundaries of La Grande Somalia according to the plan of Fascist Italy. With the arrival of Governor Cesare Maria De Vecchi on 15 December 1923, things began to change for that part of Somaliland ...
[5] [6] [7] The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was internationally recognised as Somalia's provisional government until 20 August 2012, when its tenure officially ended [8] It was established as one of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) of government as defined in the Transitional Federal Charter (TFC) adopted in November 2004 ...
On Thursday morning Kenyan jets bombed the areas around Wamaitho and Kisima, located in southern Somalia. Kenya claimed the bombing killed 7 Al Shabaab and wounded 8. Kenyan and TFG troops attacked an Al Shabaab training camp in the town of Hawina, where Kenya claimed three Al Shabaab deaths and two AK-47's captured.
History of Somalia; Prehistory. Laas Geel (3,500-2,500 BCE ) Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE) Ancient. Macrobians; ... This is a list of years in Somalia.
Somalia Supported by: Egypt [1] Ethiopia Supported by: United States [2] Cease-fire. The war ended in a ceasefire brokered by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). Somalia did not achieve its goal of annexing the Ogaden region, and Ethiopia retained control over the disputed territory. 1977–1978 Ogaden War: Somalia WSLF Supported by: Egypt [3]
A Girl from Mogadishu is an Irish-Belgian film. It is a somewhat fictionalized story based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed, who having escaped war-torn Somalia, emerged as one of the world’s foremost international activists against gender-based violence.