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Investigate the assassination of Saado Ali Warsame (The Voice of the Voiceless)

Created by A.H. on July 27, 2014

Saado Ali Warsame, the singer, human rights advocate and member of Somalia's parliament who was gunned down Wednesday in Mogadishu. Saado Ali was well-known back home. She was a legend. This woman spoke about injustice, corruption, law of government. Warsame came to the United States in the early 1990s, first living in Minneapolis and, more recently, in St. Cloud. She returned to Mogadishu in 2012 to join Parliament. In the U.S., she became known as a community leader who would help out anyone who asked.Warsame died in a drive-by shooting. Her killing was condemned by the U.S. State Department, which said in a statement: "As a singer, songwriter, poet and parliamentarian Warsame exemplified all the best qualities of Somali culture and tradition. This is a tremendous loss to all peace lover

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