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Hargeisa, Somaliland, September 11, 2004 (SL Times) – The head of the Somaliland Liaison Office, Omar Haji Mahmoud (known as Omar Dheere) has been sacked. The Somaliland Times has learned that President Dahir Rayale Kahin replaced Oma Haji Mohamud with Yusuf Jama Burale, a retired diplomat who served as Somalia’s Ambassador to a number of countries during the era of Siyad Barre’s regime.
Reliable sources said Omar Haji Mohamud received his dismissal letter through DHL mail on Tuesday. He had arrived on the same day from Israel, where he took his 6-year-son last month to be treated for a heart condition and a problem with one of the lungs. The boy underwent a successful operation at the expense of the Israeli government. Mr Omar Haji Mohamud paid only for the airfare for himself, his wife and their child.
The trip is understood to have been arranged with the assistance of Israeli Ambassador in Addis Ababa, Mr. Daroon Grossman. So far, the government has not made any public statement on the dismissal of Omar Haji Mohamud. It is premature to tell whether his removal had something to do with the trip to Israel or a reported rift between him and the number two man in the Somaliland mission in Addis Ababa, Mr. Hassan Dinbil.
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