Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir

That would mean NISA is every bit as politicised as it was when Farmajo was president and Fahad Yasin his NISA director...

Instead he had left in place officers beholden to ex-President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' and his right-hand man Fahad Yasin (AC Vol 63 No 19 Why the killing of a spy is shaking the state)...

The agency had recruited heavily among Al Shabaab defectors after Fahad Yasin's takeover of NISA in 2018 and there were fears many were double agents...

It was not until a week after the Hayat attack that he started recalling the more professional officers removed by Fahad Yasin but he is yet to purge suspect personnel (AC Vol 59 No 19 Money worries)...

He was a defector from Al Shabaab and a close associate of Fahad Yasin we hear...

Subversion of the security agencies by Farmajo and Fahad Yasin had eroded public trust in them...

Qatar's lossIn Somalia Qatar's policy of backing President Abdullah Mohamed Abdullah 'Farmajo' and his right-hand man Fahad Yasin to the hilt failed...

Doha invested everything in Farmajo and his national security advisor Fahad Yasin and is now without a voice in Mogadishu (AC Vol 62 No 19 Why the killing of a spy is shaking the state)...

Farmajo depended on Qatari largesse to structure his political alliances and Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir a former Al Jazeera journalist who was his right-hand man was always regarded as Qatar's unofficial representative in Mogadishu (See Box New boss to depoliticise security agencies)...

New boss to depoliticise security agencies The purge of National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) of the nominees and allies of Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir – 'Qatar's man in Mogadishu' – has begun with the appointment of a new national security advisor Hussein Ma'allim Mahamud Ali...

His top priorities are to remove the Fahad Yasin allies who were there only to promote Farmajo's interests as well as infiltrators from and sympathisers of Al Shabaab...

Ethiopia may be looking beyond him but Qatar is likely still to support him and his right-hand man national security advisor Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir although it may change its view before the count and spread its bets...

The former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire flew to Doha to make a case for himself as an alternative while Fahad Yasin was summoned there to report we hear (AC Vol 61 No 16 Clearing a path)...

The third is that of the former National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) boss and current National Security Advisor Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir who won his seat in Beled Weyne on 19 February...

The FEIC as well as some of Fahad Yasin's own clan elders rejected this highly contentious election and angered President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' who it seems cannot do without Fahad Yasin...

Whether it will succeed is uncertain but some believe Farmajo's plan is to manoeuvre his key ally the former head of the National Intelligence and Security Agency Fahad Yasin into parliament...

Before he went to Doha in October to confer with Qatar's rulers on Somalia's future he had gained popularity by dismissing the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) boss Fahad Yasin Farmajo's right-hand man and demanded a fair investigation of the disappearance of the intelligence officer Ikran Tahlil Farah which had seriously damaged Farmajo's standing (AC Vol 62 No 19 Why the killing of a spy is shaking the state & Vol 62 No 21 At the mercy of friends )...

The present crisis erupted when Dani learnt that Assad Osman Abdullahi his former presidential rival was in Mogadishu lobbying Farmajo to be appointed National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) director after the removal of Fahad Yasin who became Farmajo's National Security Advisor...

Farmajo and his right-hand man Fahad Yasin have suffered serious political damage from the fallout of the murder of the young National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) officer Ikran Tahlil Farah (AC Vol 62 No 19 Why the killing of a spy is shaking the state)...

When she was killed as a result Farmajo's credibility crashed and Fahad Yasin had to resign as NISA boss...