# Almaas Elman (Almaas Cilmaan)

> Almaas Elman (d. 2019): Somali-Canadian aid worker and diplomat from the Elman family, killed in Mogadishu.

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## Who was she?

Almaas Elman was a Somali-Canadian humanitarian worker, the eldest daughter of [Elman Ali Ahmed](/en/people/elman-ali-ahmed/) and [Fartuun Adan](/en/people/fartuun-adan/) ([Wikipedia, Almaas Elman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaas_Elman)). She, her mother and her sisters moved to Canada in the early 1990s; her father was shot dead in 1996, and her mother helped found the Elman Peace Center (same source). Her sister [Ilwad Elman](/en/people/ilwad-elman/) was shortlisted for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize (same source). See [Somali Canadians in public life](/en/diaspora/somali-canadians-in-public-life/).

## Work

She served in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve before returning to Somalia ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaas_Elman)). She was First Secretary at the Somali embassy in Kenya, and later worked as a liaison with European Union diplomats in Somalia (same source).

## Death

She died on 20 November 2019 after being hit by a bullet while travelling by car in Mogadishu ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaas_Elman)). Early news reports described it as a murder, while the African Union said it had no reports of fighting in the area and called it a stray bullet from outside (same source). Canada's minister Ahmed Hussen called her death "personally devastating" (same source).

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## In short

A member of the Elman peace family who served Canada and Somalia and was killed in Mogadishu in 2019.

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