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Somali president replaces security chiefs and Mogadishu mayor
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed attends the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 28, 2018. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
By Abdi Sheikh
23/08/2019
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's president announced on Thursday a major shake-up of the country's security chiefs as well as a replacement for the mayor of Mogadishu after Abdirahman Omar Osman died of his wounds following a suicide bomb attack last month.
Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which aims to topple Somalia’s U.N.-backed government, claimed responsibility for the bombing of Osman's office by a blind female member of his staff.
Omar Mohamud Mohamed takes the place of the late mayor, who had fled Somalia for Britain as a refugee and earned years of experience as a councillor in London before deciding to return home to help rebuild his war-torn country.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo selected new heads of national intelligence, police and army, his office said in a statement.
Former journalist Fahad Yasin, becomes head of the National Intelligence Security Agency (NISA), after performing the role as acting chief for the last 10 months.
Commander of operations in the army Odowa Yusuf Rage was named overall commander of the military, while Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hajar will head up the police.
(Writing by Hereward Holland; editing by James Drummond)
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