The chairman of the state owned publishing subsidary, Maandeeq Media Group, Musa Adan Yusuf, passed away last Monday at Hargeysa General Hospital, after being struck by a severe brain hemorrhage at his home on the 3 rd March.

He was admitted to the Hargeysa General Hospital emergency ward in an unconscious state immediately after the stroke and died the following day.

Musa Adan Yusuf was a senior journalists among Somaliland’s leading media houses and a leading campaigner for ‘Freedom of Speech’ in Somaliland. He was one of the founding members of the Somaliland Journalists Association, and was a member of its executive board.

Musa Adan Yusuf was laid to rest in the National State Cemetery on 6 March 2007. His funeral was attended by the Minister of Information, Ahmed Haji Dahir, former Vice-President of Somaliland Abdirahman Aw Ali and Fasial Ali Warabe, Chairman of UCID party, along with all of Somaliland’s press and media colleagues.

Musa Adan Yusuf will dearly be missed by us all. May Allah (SUBXAANAHU WA TACAALAA) have His gracious Mercy and Benevolence on his soul…..Amiin

Source: Somaliland Times