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Human rights are guaranteed in the Federal Constitution, which was adopted in August 2012. They fall under the Ministry of Human Rights established in August 2013. [1] The central authorities concurrently inaugurated a National Human Rights Day, endorsed an official Human Rights Roadmap, [2] and completed Somalia's first National Gender Policy. [3]
A constitutional crisis developed in Somalia when the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, changed the Constitution of Somalia on April 30, 2024. The change was strongly opposed by the President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, and as a direct result, Puntland withdrew its recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia and declared itself an independent state based on Article 4 of the ...
On 16 August, famous Somali traditional poet Abwan Jama Kadiye was reportedly killed by a mortar shelling in Las Anod. Both Somaliland and SCC-Khatumo blamed each other for his death. [56] [57] The loss of a respected poet and community member sparked outrage among the residents of Khatumo and Somalia. Some individuals within Khatumo even ...
On May 31, 2024 U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in a semi-autonomous state in north-eastern Somalia aimed at taking out Abdulqadir Mumin, leader of the Islamic State in Somalia, who survived.
Human rights in Somaliland are protected by Chapter one, Part three of the Constitution of Somaliland.Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, internationally considered [1] [2] to be part of Somalia.
Isha Lanla Dyfan (born 1955) is a Sierra Leonean lawyer who became the United Nation's Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia in 2020. She has previously worked for the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur and Amnesty International.
The Ministry of Human Rights is a ministry responsible for monitoring human rights, and in particular women's rights in Somalia. The current Minister of Human Rights ...
Abdalle Ahmed Mumin is a Somalian journalist, human rights activist, and co-author of the book Hounded: African Journalists in Exile. He is currently Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate and a writer for The Guardian.