Prime Minister Hussen’s punishing workload damaged his health by 1966

Evidence

President Osman was deeply concerned about the long hours Hussen worked and his health: “Abdirazak Haji Hussen—Prime Minister—is in bed again with the flu. This evening around 9:00 p.m. I went to visit him at home, seeing that on the phone they said that he could not get up. This man asks of his body more than it can give.” Osman, diary, February 2, 1966. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1437