# Zam Zam Abdullahi Abdi (Samsam Cabdullaahi Cabdi)

> Zam Zam Abdullahi Abdi: Somali journalist and activist for women's and children's rights.

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## Who is she?

Zam Zam Abdullahi Abdi is a Somali journalist and human rights activist who focuses on the rights of women and children ([Wikipedia, Zam Zam Abdullahi Abdi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zam_Zam_Abdullahi_Abdi)). She holds Somali and Kenyan citizenship (same source).

## Activism

She has worked as capacity building officer for the Coalition of Grassroots Women's Organizations ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zam_Zam_Abdullahi_Abdi)). She chaired the Somali chapter of the African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect, and works for easier access to education for Somali women (same source).

## Abduction in 2004

In 2004 she was in charge of information for the Association of Somali Women Journalists ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zam_Zam_Abdullahi_Abdi)). Armed men held her in Mogadishu from 24 to 25 October that year (same source). She has said she believes she was taken because of her work defending children (same source).

## Trial in Kenya, 2016

In October 2016 she went on trial in Kenya's High Court, accused of involvement in an attack on a police station in Mombasa ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zam_Zam_Abdullahi_Abdi)). The group Cage Africa criticised the case, saying lawyers for the four accused women were not allowed to present evidence against the charges (same source). See [Somalis in Kenya](/en/diaspora/kenya/).

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## In short

A Somali journalist and activist for women's and children's rights who was abducted in Mogadishu in 2004 and tried in Kenya in 2016.

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