Suldaan Said Ahmed appointed as Finland’s Special Envoy on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa
Press Release By Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs On 23 January 2024, Finland Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen appointed Suldaan Said Ahmed as her Special Envoy on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa. In his role as the Foreign Minister’s Special Envoy, Said Ahmed will focus on supporting peace processes. Suldaan Said Ahmed […]
Singing Finnish MP wows Somali arts festival
By: BBC WORLD Finland’s first Somali-born MP, Suldaan Said Ahmed, has wowed audiences gathered in London for the Somali Festival Week with his singing voice. He was attending one of the events put on for the ongoing annual festival, which takes place during Black History Month in the UK. The 29-year-old, who moved to Finland […]
Finnish FM appoints Suldaan Said Ahmed as Special Representative on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa
By: Finnish Foreign ministry Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto appointed Member of Parliament Suldaan Said Ahmed as his Special Representative on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa. In his work as Foreign Minister’s Special Representative, Said Ahmed will focus on supporting peace processes. Finland has long-standing bilateral relations with several countries in […]
World Refugee Day: Meet the Somali politicians breaking through in the Nordics
By: Euronews To mark World Refugee Day, Euronews profiles two Somalis and traces their journeys from arrival in the Nordics to their breakthroughs as politicians. _In the Nordic region, the first Somalis arrived in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Later, as Somalia’s civil war became more intense, new arrivals came. _ Now, the first generation of […]