Abdikani_Mohamed_Wa'ays

Abdikani Mohamed Wa'ays

Abdikani Mohamed Wa'ays

Somali diplomat (died 2020)

Abdikani Mohamed Wa'ays (died May 10, 2020) was a veteran Somali diplomat. He was serving concurrently as Somalia's ambassador to Egypt and the Arab League at the time of his death in May 2020 from COVID-19.[1][2]

Wa'ays died from COVID-19 at a hospital in Kuwait on May 10, 2020. He had been hospitalized for a week prior to his death after testing positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait, though it was unknown why he originally traveled to Kuwait for treatment.[1] He had had diabetes as well.[1]

Wa'ays was the latest of a series of high-profile Somali deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, including musician Hudeidi, former Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and the Justice Minister of Hirshabelle State Khalif Mumin Tohow.[1][2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Somalia's envoy to Egypt dies from coronavirus in Kuwait". Garowe Online. 2020-05-10. Archived from the original on 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. [2]
    Rahman Alfa Shaban, Abdur (2020-05-14). "Prominent coronavirus deaths: May 10: Somali envoy to Egypt, Arab League dies". Africa News. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. [3]
    "Somali state minister dies from coronavirus". Al Jazeera English. 2020-04-12. Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2020-06-06.


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