Moumina Houssein Darar ( so, Muumina Xuseen Darar;

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: مؤمنة حسين درار), is a Djiboutian Anti-Terrorism police investigator. She was recognised as a Woman of Courage by the American Secretary of State in 2019.

Life

Moumina Houssein Darar was the eldest of a family of eight children. After obtaining a degree in English in 2012, she joined the ranks of the Djibouti Police in 2013. She soon specialized in anti-terrorism investigations as a senior investigator. She was involved in high-profile investigations that resulted in the conviction or expulsion of many Al-Shabaab terrorists. This allowed the Djiboutian National Police (DNP) to thwart several planned terrorist attacks following the attack of La Chaumière, in 2014 in Djibouti. She has created a neighborhood charity to help children in need, as well as to provide other services and assistance to help the local community. She received on 7 March 2019 the Woman of Courage award by

Mike Pompeo Michael Richard Pompeo (; born December 30, 1963) is an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served under President Donald Trump as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018 and as the 70th United State ...

, the US Secretary of State.

References

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