Zakia Hussein ( so, Sakiya Xuseen, ar, زكية حسين), also known as Zakia Hussein Ahmed, is a Somali politician. In August 2018, she became the first woman and youngest Deputy Chief of

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. Hussein has survived two assassination attempts.Ouiddir, Bernard Zekri, and Luc Herman. “Samantha Lewthwaite: The White Widow.” Season 1, episode 3, Netflix, 2021. She is the Secretary General of the Hanoolaato Party, a Somali youth advocacy group. In June 2014, she was appointed the new Director of Community Policing at the

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. The first woman in many years to hold a senior position within the SPF, she wa a full colonel and chief commander of community policing and public relations at the

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...

-based national agency. Zakia Hussein hails from the Surre sub-division of the wider Dir clan. Additionally, she holds a British citizenship.Ouiddir, Bernard Zekri, and Luc Herman. “Samantha Lewthwaite: The White Widow.” Season 1, episode 3, Netflix, 2021.

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