Somalia’s presidential advisor on the ongoing maritime case with Kenya engineer Mohamed Omar Salihi died this morning at Aden Adde Airport in Mogadishu upon return from Turkey where he had been undergoing treatment. He died at the age of 69.
Initial reports say Salihi had requested to be flown home from Turkey but died inside the airport on Thursday morning. He was reportedly suffering from diabetes. He was appointed by former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in the year 2014 as an advisor on the maritime case and was subsequently retained by his successor Mohamed Farmaajo.
The deceased was born in Luuq district, Gedo region in 1952. He studied for a masters degree in Warsaw and returned to Somalia in 1979 where he worked in various government projects in the agricultural and construction sectors building canals, the National Museum and the Ministry of Defence.
He played a key role in documentation, mapping among other tasks during the Somalia -Kenya maritime case which began in 2014 and concluded in March this year.
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