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OS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Honoree Ilwad Elman attends the 2017 BET International Awards Presentation at Microsoft Theater on June 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
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OS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Honoree Ilwad Elman attends the 2017 BET International Awards Presentation at Microsoft Theater on June 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Somali activist Ilwad Elman is this year's winner of the German Africa Prize for her humanitarian work in rehabilitating child soldiers and sexual violence survivors.