Deaths from the Coronavirus have been skyrocketing in recent weeks, effecting communities of all backgrounds. No place is that more real than the Somali diaspora community living in the EU member states.

In the span of a week, half a dozen Somalis have died as a result of the Coronavirus. The brunt of these deaths taking place in the UK and Sweden. In some cases the victims being just thirteen years old.

This past Monday on the 30th of March, 13 year old Ismaciil Maxamed Abdulwahab succumbed to his battle with the Coronavirus. Ismaciil is the youngest victim of the Coronavirus to have died in Britain.

A mere two days later, the former prime minister of Somalia Nuur Cadde passed away after being ill for a number of days with COVID19 (Coronavirus). The late prime minister reportedly died while in the presence of loved at an undisclosed London hospital.

Pic : Ex Prime Minister Nur Cadde

The following day similiar deaths hit London’s Somali community. This time taking the lives of two individuals who where seemingly healthy prior to falling victim to COVID19 (Coronavirus). Bashir Gureey and Layla Xassan both passed away on the 2nd of April according to family members that spoke with local media.

Pic : Bashir Gureey

Pic : Layla Xassan

The dreaded Coronavirus also took life of another Somali on that same day (2/4/2020), this time in Scandinavia. Mustafa Maxamed Maxamuud died in the Swedish capital of Stockholm according to family members that spoke with the Halgan Media service desk. Pic : Mustafa Maxamed Maxamuud

Allahu naxariisto Mustafa Maxamed was a long time resident of Stockholm and brother of MP Saciid Maxamed Maxamuud. A member of the Somali parliament.

Than on the 4th of April came the death of Cabdulqaadir Cali Boolay. A renowned poet and former member of the anti colonial movement dubbed the Somali Youth League (SYL). As a member of the SYL, Cabdulqaadir fought European imperialists during the European occupation of the Somali Peninsula in the 20th century.

Pic : Cabdulqaadir Cali Boolay. 

Following Somalia’s independence in 1960, Cabdulqaadir became a prominent poet and author. The collapse of the Somali nation in 1991 and the devastating civil war that subsequently followed forced Cabdulqaadir and many others to flee the country, in which he settled in Britain to begin his new life.

Upon arriving in the UK, Cabdulqaadir continued writing literature and inspired a new generation of writers and poets. His death shocked many and will most definitely be remembered for his role in the struggle to free Somalia from the grips of colonial occupation.

Halgan Media Service Desk. 

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