Halima Ahmed


Halima Ahmed is a Somali political activist.

Personal life

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.

Career

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.
She later became a prospective candidate in the new Federal Parliament of Somalia, which was inaugurated in August 2012.