Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Ministry of Information and Culture launched a “National Action Plan to Eliminate Early and Child Marriage”. The First Lady of Afghanistan, Rula Ghani, expressed her support for the national action plan, urging families to stop marrying their daughters early, saying: “I urge all Afghan families to avoid child and forced marriages. Your girls face a huge risk when they get married at a young…

The newly elected President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullah ‘Farmanjo’ has declared Somalia as a war zone country. The announcement made on Thursday, 5 April 2016, comes amid worsening insecurity as a deadly bombing was recently reported at the Capital Mogadishu where seven lives were lost. Upon his declaration Farmanjo wore a military uniform and offered al-Shabab fighters to surrender.

A Somali presidential poll was held on 8 February 2017 in an airport hangar at Aden Adde International Airport, Mogadishu. The Parliamentarians elected former Mohamed Abdullah ‘Farmanjo’ Mohamed (former Prime Minister of Somalia in 2011 to 2015 and founder of the Tayo Political wing/party). Mohamed won the election with 184 votes out of a total of 328.

In a last attempt to stop the approval of a partial niqab ban, the Muslim community in the Netherlands has begun a campaign entitled: #TegenNiqabverbod (translated against a veil ban). With this campaign the Muslim community are trying to stop the approval of the ban