Gaala Stories
Globally, the numbers are staggering: over 640 million women alive today were married as children, and 12 million girls are still married each year -...
Six witnesses, including Gaala’s mother, Amina Abdi Noor, her stepfather, Mahamud Mohamed, landlady Qurisha Ibrahim, two neighbours, and Corporal Luca...
The DPP had earlier charged Tiffow—identified as the deceased’s 40-year-old husband—and Ahmed with Gaala’s murder.
Principal Prosecution Counsel Bernard Owour told the court on Thursday that the two allegedly murdered Gaala Adan, a 17-year-old refugee girl, on Marc...
According to reports, Gaala Adan, born on January 1, 2008, was married to Mohammed Kassim Tiffow, 40, in a ceremony on February 22, 2025, at the Dagah...
Wajir Principal Magistrate Roselyn Aganyo expressed her concern, saying further delays were likely to destroy the evidence required for justice.
A postmortem conducted on Gaala’s body showed 100 per cent burns, confirming that an open flame was used in the crime.
Gaala was killed a week ago after resisting a forced marriage to a 55-year-old man. Her body was then set ablaze to disguise the murder as a case of s...
Gaala, a refugee, was murdered after refusing to marry a 55-year-old man who is among the arrested suspects. She endured 27 days of beatings before su...
In a voice recording to her mother, she described the abuse she was enduring for rejecting a forced marriage to a 55-year-old man. Her body was later...
In a voice recording to her mother, Gaala described the abuse she was enduring for rejecting a forced marriage to a 55-year-old man.
