Ilwad Elman awarded German Africa Prize 2020
By DW
22 October 2020 |
6:38 am
Somali-Canadian peace activist Ilwad Elman has been awarded the 2020 German Africa Prize. The German Africa Foundation has confirmed she will be honored later this month in Berlin by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.
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