Somaliland: Veteran Journalist Corpse Arrives in Wajale for State Burial

WAJALE-The body of the late veteran Somali journalist, Ahmed Hasan Awke who has died of natural causes in Jigjiga has arrived shortly in Wajale where he will be given a state burial. The late Ahmed dies at the age of 73.

Somaliland government officails are in Wajale where the body was escorted from Jigjija by officials of Somali regional adminstration in Ethiopia.

The demise of Ahmed Hasan Awke who was widely known in Somali speaking territory was born and grew up in Wajale, a town that lies in the border between Ethiopia and Somaliland.

He started working  as reporter for Radio Mogadishu in 1972 and had a stint as reporter for Somali television during the military government.

He was appointed Said Bare’s spokesman until the collapse of the junta regime.

Condolences are pouring for the sudden death of the late Ahmed Hasan Awke.

Presidents of Somaliland, Ahmed M. Silanyo, Somali President, Hasan Sheikh Mohamud and the president of Somali regional adminstration in Ethiopia, Abdi Mohamud Omar sent sincere condolences to the family of late veteran joursnalist who passed away.

 

Source: SomalilandInformer