Almaas Elman, Somali-Canadian Activist, Is Shot Dead in Mogadishu

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The New York Times
Almaas Elman, a Somali-Canadian aid worker and activist, was shot dead on Wednesday in Mogadishu, a police official said. Her killing comes 23 years after her father, peace activist Elman Ali Ahmed, was himself gunned down in the same city in 1996.


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Almaas Elman, Somali-Canadian Activist, Is Shot Dead in Mogadishu
It was not immediately clear who killed Ms. Elman, who was described by friends and colleagues as a committed and tireless aid worker.

 

[dtownreppin214]

Damn father and daughter? RIP

 

[FAH1223]

Damn father and daughter? RIP

very sad. Somalia has had so many young and bright people gunned down for nothing

my sister has met her sister Ilwad

 

[Professor Emeritus]

People who risk their lives to improve the most difficult parts of the world have my unending respect. It will take MORE people like her for change to come.

 

[Mook]

People who risk their lives to improve the most difficult parts of the world have my unending respect. It will take MORE people like her for change to come.

Those idiots shoulda probably waited after a war is done to do that.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Those idiots shoulda probably waited after a war is done to do that.

You know how many little kids have their lives destroyed while you wait? How long have people been waiting for war to be over in Somalia?

 

[JLova]

Damn RIP

 

[Jhoon]

You know how many little kids have their lives destroyed while you wait? How long have people been waiting for war to be over in Somalia?

It’s the comfort of ignorance that makes America the greatest land god has ever carved out.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]