Captain Zuhuur Fathi Muktar is the first woman to join the Somaliland Coast Guard. In just a few years, she’s risen through the ranks, safeguarding waters while also taking on gender based stereotypes. Thus forging a path for other young women.
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Captain Zuhuur Fathi Muktar is the first woman to join the Somaliland Coast Guard. In just a few years, she's risen through the ranks, keeping the waters safe while defying her detractors and forging a path for other young women like her.
Somaliland Sun
The EU civilian mission assisting Somaliland and Somalia with maritime security has acknowledge the expulsion
Somalilandsun: The government of Somaliland has expelled three officials from the EUCAP offices in Hargeisa.
While no statement has been issued on the matter the expelled all senior staffers of the European Union are to Romanians and a Maltese.
EUCAP is a civilian EU mission with the mandate of supporting the establishment and capacity building of maritime civilian law enforcement capability in Somalia and Somaliland
However, the Somaliland government is yet to confirm the move the EUCAP headquarters in Mogadishu has acknowledged the expulsion of the trio from Hargeisa.