

Wednesday November 20, 2019

MOGADISHU (HOL) - Almaas Elman the sister of the renowned human rights activist Ilwad Elman was Wednesday afternoon shot dead near Halane compound in Mogadishu.

The circumstances under which the Almaas was killed remained unclear but sources said a bullet ripped through a vehicle she was. Sources said she was heading to the airport from the airforce Hangar in Halane.

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Together with her sister Ilwad Elman who was this year tipped for a Nobel prize and their mother Fartuun, they have been running the foundation which supports vulnerable women and former child soldiers in Somalia.

More to follow.

