Ex Somali PM Nur Ade succumbs to COVID-19 in London

The former Prime Minister of Somalia Nur Hassan Hussein has died in London after contracting the deadly COVID-19 disease.

The family of the deceased former leader announced his passing Wednesday noting the Hussein, popularly known as Nur Ade succumbed to the global pandemic after he tested positive last week.

“On behalf of Nur Ade family I want to confirm to Somali people that the late Somali PM died peacefully on Wednesday at 7: AM Mogadishu local time,” the family said in a statement.

The family spokesman Haji Mohamed Nur Ade said the deceased leader who was undergoing treatment at

London’s King College Hospital passed on early Wednesday.

Nur Ade was Prime Minister in Somalia between November 2007 and February 2009 during the reign of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.