Somalia: First Female Mayor Appointed in the City of Beledweyne

Somalia's first female mayor has been appointed in the city of Beledweyne in central Somalia. Safiya Hassan Sheikh Ali Jimale's historic appointment was facilitated by Mohamed Abdi Waare, the leader of the Hirshabelle region, of which Beledweyne is the capital.

Safiya Hassan Sheikh Ali Jimale has become the first female mayor of a city in Somalia. She will head the great and famous city of Beledweyne, the capital of Hiiran Province, located in the Shebelle Valley near the border with Ethiopia and about 210 miles north of Mogadishu.

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