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World Service,01 Dec 2022,40 mins

Fighting for peace in a violent city

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Fartuun Adan and her daughter Ilwad Elman are two members of a Somali activist family. Their work started with Fartuun's husband, who began helping to heal clan divides in the 1980s, and since then the family have fought to promote peace while their country collapsed around them. Fartuun and Ilwad are based in Mogadishu, and with violence still rife in the city, their activism comes with great danger. In 2004 Philippa Langley stood in a carpark in the English city of Leicester and was overcome with an odd feeling. She was a keen historian on a mission, and she believed that she had found the site of a dead King's burial place. Outlook's May Cameron spoke to the woman who played a key role in the remarkable discovery of Richard III. Get in touch: [email protected] (Photo: Ilwad Elman and Fartuun Adan. Credit: Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Aurora Humanitarian Initiative)

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