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Ilhan Omar, American Lawmaker

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October 9, 2019

Ilhan Omar is a Somali-born American lawmaker who currently serves as a member of the United States’ House of Representative for Minnesota’s District 5, having been elected in 2018. In 2016, she served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 60B district, where she became the…


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Amina Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Kenya

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July 31, 2019

Amina Mohamed is a Kenyan lawyer, diplomat and politician. Former Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Education, Mohamed has been in public service since 1985. She is the current Cabinet Secretary for Sports in Kenya, having formerly served as the Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the first…


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Angie Brooks, Only African Female President of the United Nations General Assembly and Second Woman from any Nation to Head the United Nations

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July 10, 2019

Angie Brooks was a Liberian diplomat and jurist who served as the president of the 24th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the first African female president of that body.
Brooks started as a lawyer and worked as a counselor-at-law to the Supreme Court in Liberia after returning…