Singing Finnish MP wows Somali arts festival

Suldaan Said Ahmed became an MP in Finland just over a year ago

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 […]

World Refugee Day: Meet the Somali politicians breaking through in the Nordics 

Composite image showing Suldaan Said Ahmed and Marian Hussein - Copyright Euronews

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 […]