Moumina Houssein Darar | |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1990 |
Birth Place: | Ali Sabieh, Djibouti |
Known For: | Anti-terrorism |
Occupation: | Police officer |
Moumina Houssein Darar (Somali: Muumina Xuseen Darar; Arabic: مؤمنة حسين درار), is a Djiboutian Anti-Terrorism police investigator. She was recognised as a Woman of Courage by the American Secretary of State in 2019.
Moumina Houssein Darar was the eldest of a family of eight children.[1] After obtaining a degree in English in 2012, she joined the ranks of the Djibouti Police in 2013.[1] She soon specialized in anti-terrorism investigations as a senior investigator. She was involved in high-profile investigations that resulted in the conviction or expulsion of many Al-Shabaab terrorists. This allowed the Djiboutian National Police (DNP) to thwart several planned terrorist attacks following the attack of La Chaumière, in 2014 in Djibouti.
She has created a neighborhood charity to help children in need, as well as to provide other services and assistance to help the local community.
She received on 7 March 2019 the Woman of Courage award by Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State.[2]