Khadija Ossoble Ali Archives

EMU’s link to the president of Somalia traced to the efforts of one female graduate student, now holding a PhD

August 27, 2014Last updated September 8, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

The trail of the president of Somalia to Eastern Mennonite University goes back 14 years to Khadija Ossoble Ali. In 2000, when Ali was a graduate student in conflict transformation

President of Somalia welcomed “home” as alumnus of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute

August 7, 2014Last updated August 29, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud topped off attendance at the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Obama with a visit to Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, where he renewed

New Somalia President Studied Peace at EMU

October 4, 2012Last updated September 18, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

The new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, deepened his understanding of building peace in traumatized societies in three classes taken at the 2001 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) held at

Campus Responds to Death of Peace Worker Tom Fox

March 13, 2006 by Jim Bishop and Bonnie Lofton

News of the death of Tom Fox, 54, a Christian Peacemaking Team worker held hostage in Iraq, has been an especially difficult blow for those who knew him at Eastern