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Mo Farah's real name, what happened to his dad and his relationship with brother

In the documentary Mo Farah, 39, recalls the moment he heard his mother’s voice for the first time in over ten years. The show follows Mo as he returns to his birthplace of Somaliland to ask the hard questions about why he was trafficked to the UK.

Wales Online

The Real Mo Farah: Has Mo Farah reunited with his mum?

Sir Mo Farah reunited with his mother in 2000 after over a decade apart. His mother tracked him down, sending a cassette tape for him to listen to and a phone number that allowed him to call her for the first time in years.

Wales Online

Where is Somaliland? Mo Farah's birth place, map and its history with Somalia

In BBC One's documentary The Real Mo Farah, the long distance runner explains how he was trafficked to the UK from Somaliland. Here's where the autonomous region is located and its troubled history with Somalia.

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Relative of woman accused of keeping Sir Mo Farah as 'child slave' denies he was trafficked

A relative of the woman accused of keeping Sir Mo Farah as a 'child slave' upon his illegal arrival into the UK has denied that the Team GB athlete was trafficked into the UK

Daily Mirror

The Real Mo Farah: When is the BBC documentary being aired?

Sir Mo Farah, 39, will share the truth about his past being trafficked to the UK from Somaliland at the age of nine. The documentary on BBC One follows him as he journeys into his past.

Manchester Evening News

As a child refugee from Somaliland, I know Sir Mo’s agony all too well

Sir Mo Farah and I have a lot in common. We were both born in Somaliland. And we both lost half of our family members during The Isaaq genocide. But unlike Mo, who has just revealed that his real name is Hussein, I was holding my mum’s hand when I…

Evening Standard

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using another child’s name

Four-time Olympic champion made revelation in documentary, adding: ‘The real story is I was born in Somaliland as Hussein Abdi Kahin’

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Sir Mo Farah reveals he was brought into the UK illegally aged nine under another child's name

The Olympic champion reveals all in a new TV documentary

Wales Online

'The truth is I'm not who you think I am' - Sir Mo Farah reveals he was brought into the UK illegally aged nine under another child's name

The Olympic champion reveals he confided in his PE teacher at school, who applied for his British citizenship for him

Manchester Evening News

The small African state of Somaliland legally doesn't exist. But Taiwan has spied an opportunity to make its mark

After months of diplomatic setbacks, Taiwan's president urged her foreign minister to find a creative solution to the problem. He found a surprising answer in a small, unrecognised African nation.

ABC News

William must bear the boos and prepare his family to face its history

At the weekend Prince William was booed by the crowd at the FA Cup final at Wembley. The jeering started when the Duke of Cambridge, who is the president of the Football Association, was introduced to fans and continued as he moved down to the pitch where he met and…

Evening Standard

‘I lost everything’: Somaliland market fire upturns life, economy

Residents and traders say the market in Hargeisa was an entire financial district and pivotal to Somaliland’s economy.

Al Jazeera

‘It’s all gone’: the women left bereft when Somaliland’s largest market burned down

Once a bustling place, Waheen is now a smouldering ruin and despite government promises stallholders say little is being done for them

The Guardian - UK

Wales throws support behind Somaliland after blaze destroys market and injures dozens

Charities and community groups are aiming to raise £500,000 to aid the relief effort

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Women’s safety endangered by gender-based violence in Somaliland due to one of its worst droughts

‘We have no water. Fuel is very expensive. We used to eat sorghum, rice, pasta and macaroni. But now we do not have the money to buy these foods. We are starving,’ says Amina Yusuf Cige

Salon

The right's stealth assault on Somalia

In the 19th century, my homeland was carved up by imperialists. Now that's in danger of happening all over again

The Independent UK

Somaliland's leader makes pitch for autonomy in Washington

The leader of Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Somaliland urged the international community to recognize his territory’s quest for independence, saying negotiations with Somalia had failed

The Independent UK

In Somaliland, COVID brings 'cutters' door to door for girls

Officials and health workers say cases of female genital mutilation increased during the pandemic in parts of Africa

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'Born free': Somaliland says China can't dictate to it over Taiwan

China cannot dictate who Somaliland can have relations with as it was a sovereign nation and "born free", the foreign minister of the breakaway Somali region said on Friday during a trip to Taiwan which has been condemned by Beijing.

The Independent UK

Taiwan, Somaliland ties growing despite diplomatic isolation

Taiwan and Somaliland are expanding economic and political ties despite being two of the world's most diplomatically isolated governments

Reuters

Somaliland pitches 'huge' oil and gas potential during Taiwan trip

Somaliland has "huge" investment potential in untapped oil and gas reserves, the foreign minister of Somalia's breakaway region told Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday, pitching investment opportunities on a high-profile visit.

Reuters

Taiwan to host Somaliland ministers in Africa diplomacy push

Taiwan will host a high-level delegation from Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region this week, the government said on Monday, as the island pursues diplomacy in Africa in the face of Chinese pressure to limit its international footprint.

The Guardian - AU

Covid news: UK health secretary says mandatory vaccination for NHS workers ‘no longer proportionate’ – as it happened

Sajid Javid says says mandatory jabs were ‘right policy at the time’ but announces review

Reuters

Taiwan tries hand at COVID diplomacy again with Somaliland vaccine gift

Taiwan's gift of 150,000 doses of its domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region, the Taiwanese foreign ministry said on Monday, part of the island's renewed pandemic diplomacy push.

Bristol Post

Bristol man says he gets job interviews as 'James' but not as 'Ali'

“It’s embarrassing. It makes me feel less British at times"

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