Abdalle Mumin

Abdalle Mumin is an award-winning freelance journalist and the Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate. He is the co-author of the 'Hounded: African Journalists in Exile'. Abdalle primarily covers human rights, peace, and conflict in Somalia and the Horn of Africa region.

Somali Women Handball Players Dream Big Despite Militant Threats

0 Visits: 1360 | 27 April 2025 17:08
In Somalia, women in sports is neither ordinary nor simple. Female athletes face societal pressure, extremist threats, and severe underfunding.

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Three Years On: Plotters of Somali Woman Politician Amino Mohamed Abdi's Assassination Remain Uninvestigated

0 Visits: 8150 | 24 March 2025 14:10
Her phone rang. MP Amino Mohamed Abdi sat on the sofa in front of me. Though I sensed the weight of the news she had just received, her expression remained unchanged.

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Mogadishu's Complicity: Hassan Sheikh Schemes to Undermine Puntland's Counter-Terrorism Progress

0 Visits: 3445 | 17 January 2025 01:38
LONDON, United Kingdom – The Somali Federal Government, having failed in its war against Al-Shabaab, has become envious of the robust operations being conducted by Puntland's security forces against the Islamic State (ISIS) launched in December.

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Ismail Buule: The Tragic End of a U.S.-Trained Somali Soldier's Life in the Libyan Desert

0 Visits: 9821 | 01 January 2025 05:42
LONDON, United Kingdom (HORN OBSERVER) – Ismail Moalim Buule once dreamed of a life in education. After earning his degree in physics, he quickly secured a teaching position at the Adult Education Centre, a private school in Mogadishu, where he became known as a "bright teacher of physics and…

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