Abdikani Mohamed Wa'ays

Abdikani Mohamed Wa'ays (born 1928,[1] died May 10, 2020) was a veteran Somali diplomat. He was serving concurrently as Somalia's ambassador to Egypt and the Arab League at the time of his death in May 2020 from COVID-19.[2][3]

Ambassador Wa’ays died from COVID-19 at a hospital in Kuwait on May 10, 2020. He had been hospitalized for a week prior to his death after testing positive for COVID-19, though it was unknown why he originally traveled to Kuwait for treatment.[2] He had suffered from diabetes as well.[2]

Wa’ays was the latest of a series of high profile Somali deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, including musician Hudeidi, former Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and the Justice Minister of Hirshabelle State Khalif Mumin Tohow.[2][3][4]

References
  1. Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban. "Africa's top virus deaths: Cameroon women's football medic dies". Africanews. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "Somalia's envoy to Egypt dies from coronavirus in Kuwait". Garowe Online. 2020-05-10. Archived from the original on 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. Rahman Alfa Shaban, Abdur (2020-05-14). "Prominent coronavirus deaths: May 10: Somali envoy to Egypt, Arab League dies". Africa News. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  4. "Somali state minister dies from coronavirus". Al Jazeera English. 2020-04-12. Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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