Information on Faduma Ahmed 'Alim' is scarce among the sources consulted by the DIRB. Somali radio reported in 1980 that a Faduma Ahmad Alim was a deputy minister in the department of culture and higher education; no additional information on her is provided by the source (Mogadishu Radio 7 Feb. 1980). In 1987 a Fadhuman Ahmad 'ali is named by Somali radio as the deputy minister of education (Mogadishu Domestic Service 2 Feb. 1987). A 1993 Oxfam report lists a Faduma Mohamed Aalin as a participant at a 5-6 September 1993 workshop on peace and conflict in Hargeisa (Bradbury Oct. 1993, 125). The same document identifies Aalin as a teacher, but provides no additional information on her (ibid.).

Information on whether Faduma Ahmed 'Alim' was a member of parliament or was married to Ahmed Mohamoud Farah could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

Information on the current whereabouts of Ahmed Mohamoud Farah could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, the attached documents from Africa Confidential, Africa Research Bulletin, Africa Contemporary Record, Political Handbook of the World 1987, Reuters and Somali radio reports provide information on the government positions held by a Colonel Ahmed Mohamoud Farah, (also spelled Colonel Ahmad Mahmud Farah, Colonel Ahmad Mahmujd Farah, Colonel Ahmed Mahmud Farah, Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Farah, Ahmed Mohamed Farah, and Ahmed Mohammad Farah).

Please note that the spelling of Somali names is not consistent in the literature, and that each of the spellings used in this Response reflect the original spelling found in the cited sources.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

References

Bradbury, Mark. October 1993. The Somali Conflict: Prospects for Peace. Oxford: Oxfam UK and Ireland, p. 125.

Mogadishu Domestic Service [Mogadishu, in Somali]. 2 February 1987. "Other Officials Named." (FBIS/DIRB Somalia Country File)

Mogadishu Radio [Mogadishu, in Somali]. 7 February 1980. "New Somali Government." (BBC Summary 9 Feb. 1990/NEXIS )

Attachments

Africa Confidential [London]. 1 April 1987. Vol. 28, No. 7. "Somalia: The President Delegates," pp. 2-4.

_____. 3 September 1986. Vol. 27, No. 18. "Somalia: Barre's Return," pp. 6-7.

_____. 28 November 1984. Vol. 25, No. 24. "Pointers: Somalia: Opposition Failures," pp. 7-8.

_____. 2 March 1983. Vol. 24, No. 5. "Somalia: Barre Hangs On," pp. 5-7.

_____. 17 March 1982. Vol. 23, No. 6. "Somalia: Post-Reshuffle," p. 8.

_____. 11 March 1981. Vol. 22, No. 6. "The Horn: Rumblings in Every Camp," pp. 5-7.

_____. 17 June 1981. Vol. 22, No. 13. "Somalia: Siad's Isolation," pp. 3-4.

Africa Contemporary Record 1983-84. Annual Survey and Documents. 1984. Marion E. Doro and Colin Legum. New York: Africana Publishing Company, p. B256.

Africa Contemporary Record 1982-83. Annual Survey and Documents. 1983. Marion E. Doro and Colin Legum. New York: Africana Publishing Company, p. B266.

Africa Contemporary Record 1981-82. Annual Survey and Documents. 1982. Marion E. Doro and Colin Legum. New York: Africana Publishing Company, p. B257.

Africa Contemporary Record 1980-81. Annual Survey and Documents. 1981. Marion E. Doro and Colin Legum. New York: Africana Publishing Company, p. B309.

Africa Research Bulletin [Oxford]. 1-30 September 1990. Vol. 27, No. 9. "Somali Democratic Republic: New PM Appointed," pp. 9823-24.

_____. 15 March 1990. Vol. 27, No. 2. "Somali Democratic Republic: New Cabinet Sworn In," p. 9576.

_____. 15 May 1989. Vol. 26, No. 4. "Somali Democratic Republic: Cabinet Reshuffle," p. 9245.

Bradbury, Mark. October 1993. The Somali Conflict: Prospects for Peace. Oxford: Oxfam UK and Ireland, p. 125.

Mogadishu Domestic Service [Mogadishu, in Somali]. 27 December 1987. "President's Office Announces New Government." (FBIS/DIRB Somalia Country File)

_____. 2 February 1987. "Other Officials Named." (FBIS/DIRB Somalia Country File)

_____. 1 February 1987. "Mogadishu Announces New Government Posts." (FBIS/DIRB Somalia Country File)

_____. 30 January 1987. "Prime Minister, Party Officials Appointed." (FBIS/DIRB Somalia Country File)

_____. 19 November 1986. "SRSP Elects Siad Barre, Central Committee." (FBIS/DIRB Somalia Country File)

Mogadishu Radio [Mogadishu, in Somali]. 7 February 1980. "New Somali Government." (BBC Summary 9 Feb. 1990/NEXIS )

Political Handbook of the World 1987. 1987. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, pp. 516-19.

Reuters. 11 April 1989. BC Cycle. "Somalia's New Cabinet After Monday's Reshuffle." (NEXIS)

Somali Horizon [Falls Church, Va]. April-June 1987. No. 7. " Newsbriefs: Barre Organizes Hit Squads to Assassinate SNM Officers," p. 15.

Additional Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential. 1989-1993.

Africa Contemporary Record. 1980-1989.

Africa Research Bulletin. 1989-1993.

Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society. 1994

Cost of Dictatorship: The Somali Experience. 1995.

DIRB Somalia Country File. 1979-1990.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.

A Modern History of Somalia. 1988.

News from Africa Watch. 1988-1993.

The Shaping of Somali Society. 1982

Somalia: A Country Study. 1993.

_____. 1982.

Somalia: Nation in Search of a State. 1987.

Somali Horizon. 1984-1989.

Who's Who in Africa. 1992.

On-line searches of media articles.

Three oral sources did not provide information on the requested subject.