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Safiya Saeed becomes Sheffield’s first black Muslim woman Lord Mayor
Abdirahman Khalif  |  May 21, 2025

Several of her relatives travelled from Somaliland to witness the occasion, reflecting the personal and communal significance of the event.

Woman Reps decry Sh500 million NGAAF budget cut, call for action
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 29, 2025

While Mbadi confirmed that Sh1.1 billion owed to the fund had been released recently, the move still left many lawmakers dissatisfied with the decisio...

Power moves: The women changing Africa's leadership landscape
DW News  |  Feb 05, 2025

According to the United Nations' Women division, only six countries in the world have 50 per cent or more women in their single or lower houses of par...

One-on-one with Kenya's youngest and only Muslim lady in the Executive
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Oct 16, 2024

One of her proudest achievements is the restoration of the Wajir Museum, the only one in northern Kenya.

Gender equality: MPs urge women at Coast to go for leadership slots 
Farhiya Hussein  |  Feb 08, 2024

The move comes against the backdrop of a longstanding struggle to achieve the Constitutional two-thirds gender rule.

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