Former Somalia President Ali Mahdi Muhammad Dies In Nairobi

By Clinton Ochieng

Former Somalia President Ali Mahdi Muhammad has died in Nairobi, Isamel Mukhtaar Omar who is the spokesperson of the Ministry of Information has confirmed.

The 82-year-old ex-president died on Wednesday night at the Nairobi Hospital. Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has announced the lowering of the Republic flag for three days to mourn the death of the former President and the selection of a National Funeral Committee for the deceased.

President Ali was born in 1939 in the Mahaday District of the Middle Shabelle region where he worked hard and became a member of parliament in 1968. He joined the civilian parliament before the military coup in 1969.

Ali Mahdi Mohamed was the fourth president of Somalia. He came to power on January 26, 1991, and served until January 1997.

He was also a businessman before he was elected president of Somalia in 1991 when the military government was overthrown. He also worked for the Somali Ministry of Health, specifically for the Malaria Project.

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