- Annalena Tonelli
Annalena Tonelli (
2 April 1943 -5 October 2003 ) was an Italian trained lawyer who for several years did remarkable humanitarian work in theHorn of Africa . She generally worked with people with "special needs" and refugees.She was born in
Forlì ,Romagna . In 2003 she won theNansen Refugee Award which is given annually by theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to recognize outstanding service to the cause of refugees.In October 2003 she was assassinated at the
tuberculosis hospital she started inBorama ,Somaliland by a disgruntled former employee.ources
* [http://www.unicef.org/people/people_14935.html UNICEF People - Annalena Tonelli]
* [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article90195.ece Aid worker shot dead at hospital in Somalia (The Independent)]
* Goth, Bashir and Hashim, [http://www.awdalnews.com/wmview.php?ArtID=3854 Annalena Tonelli found her bliss in becoming one with the poorest] , Awdal News Network, Republic Of Somaliland (October 8, 2004)
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