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Ex Somali PM succumbs to COVID-19 in Britain

Published : 01 Apr 2020, 23:27

DF-Xinhua Report

Photo taken on March 30, 2020 shows ambulances outside the ExCel exhibition centre which is being transformed into a field hospital to be known as the NHS Nightingale Hospital London to help with the coronavirus outbreak in London, Britain. Photo Xinhua.

Former Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein died on Wednesday in Britain, about a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

Hussein's family confirmed the death, at King's College Hospital in London.

The former prime minister served between November 2007 and February 2009 in the transitional government of Somalia.

The current Somali prime minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, mourned the death of Hussein.

"My deepest condolences to the people of Somalia and to the family of former Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein who died in London. I pray to Allah to let his soul rest in peace," Khaire said in a statement.