Draft:Mohammed Adow

Mohammed Adow is a Somali-born Kenyan journalist and writer. After years as a BBC East Africa correspondent, he joined Al Jazeera English. During his career he reported extensively on the Eritrean–Ethiopian War and Somali conflicts. In 2022, Addow was elected to the Kenya National Assembly, representing Wajir South as a Member of Parliament.

Journalism
In 1996 Mohammed Adow began his career in journalism as a Garissa correspondent for the Daily Nation. He later became a BBC East Africa correspondent in Kenya and Ethiopia. In 2006, he joined Al Jazeera. In 2014 Adow was expelled from South Sudan for reporting on advances by anti-government forces on the capital. During his career he interview prominent African leaders such as Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Djibouti’s Ismail Omar Guelleh.

Political career
In recent years he has focused on the neglect and prejudice in by the Kenyan government in North Eastern Province. At a public forum in Nairobi, Adow stated: "'You know, we are not migrants, we are not from another continent, we are not from another country - we are living in our ancestral land.'"From 2013 to 2017, Adow was under significant local pressure to run for political office. In 2022, Adow won the parliamentary elections in Wajir South. He received 13,990 votes, with his closest competitor taking in 7,545. In early 2007, during the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, Kenyan closed the border with Somalia. Adow promised to push for its reopening if elected.

Notable work

 * Not Yet Kenyan - 2013 Al Jazeera English documentary
 * Talk to Jazeera: Meles Zenawi (Part I & Part II) - November 2007 interview between Adow and Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi