IPCS is profoundly saddened to hear the news of Dr. Adan Abokor’s passing in Ankara, Turkey on November 18, 2020. Dr. Adan was a great friend of IPCS. The entire team of IPCS would like to convey their sincere condolences to Dr. Adan’s family, friends, and the people of this great nation.
Dr. Adan was a symbol of peace and justice and a highly respected person in Somaliland where he sacrificed his entire life serving and saving his people and the beautiful country he loved.
In his biography published by Rift Valley Institute in 2019, Dr. Adan Yusuf Abokor was born in Hargeisa, Somaliland, and grew up in Aden, Yemen. He graduated from Warsaw Medical School, Poland, in 1976. He was the director of the Hargeisa Group Hospital in the early 80s and together with other young professionals was arrested and imprisoned by Siad Barre’s regime from 1981 to 1989. He was Country Representative for Progressio, a British NGO, from 1998 to 2012 and the Rift Valley Institute’s Representative in Somaliland from 2013 to 2019.
May Allah grant him the highest rank in Jannah.
