'Mother Teresa of Somalia' killed by gunmen

Hargeisa - An award-winning aid worker, nicknamed the "Mother Teresa of Somalia", has been shot dead in the breakaway northern enclave of Somaliland, officials said.

Annalena Tonelli, 60, who came from Italy, was visiting a ward for tuberculosis patients in Borama General Hospital late on Sunday when two men walked in and one shot her twice in the head.

Witnesses said the men walked out, leaving patients and hospital officials in shock.

Tonelli, who ran the 200-bed hospital, won the United Nations High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR) annual humanitarian award in April for her work with displaced Somalis.

She had worked with Somalis for 33 years. Her clinic was set up to fight tuberculosis, raise awareness on HIV and Aids and the harmful effects of female genital mutilation.

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Any reason why?

having to do with ritual female circumcision? Right wing males again if so. Religious affiliation unimportant so long as it is nutty fearful fernzied fundie males. The cowardice and the violence goes hand in hand with the insanity.