Loss of a colleague: Ilkoasse

April 6, 2011
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Mohamed Yassin Essa (Ilkoasse). Photo credit: Ryan Anson for Interpeace

Mohamed Yassin Essa, "Ilkoasse"

Director of Finance and Administration
Puntland Development and Research Center

Interpeace and its Somali peacebuilding partners, the Puntland Development and Research Center, the Academy for Peace and Development, and the Center for Research and Dialogue, regret to announce the loss of a dear colleague and friend, Mohamed Yassin Essa,  ”Ilkoasse”, Director of Finance and Administration at the Puntland Development and Research Center. He was assassinated on the morning of 6th April in his hometown of Garowe in Puntland.

We extend our deepest sympathy and condolence’s to Ilkoasse’s family, friends and colleagues.
Ilkoasse was a pillar of the Puntland Development and Research Center. He was an active member of Somali civil society and was dedicated towards building peace in Somalia.

Tribute to an outstanding peacebuilder