Mohamed Sirad Dolal

Mohamed Sirad Dolal
Mohamed Sirad Dolal
Foreign Affairs Secretary of ONLF
	In office; 1998–2006
Preceded by	Abdirahman Mahdi
Personal details
Born	1955; Qabri Dahar, Ogaden
Died	2009 (aged 53–54); Elale
Nationality	Ogadeni-British
Alma mater	Somali National University London School of Economics University of Leeds
Occupation	Academic, political activist

Dr. Mohamed Sirad Dolal was an academic and a member of the central committee and executive council of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a liberation movement in Ogaden determined to free its homeland from Ethiopia.

Early life and education

Mohamed Sirad Dolal was born in 1954 and raised in Kebri Dehar, Korahe Province, in the well known Ogaden region of Ethiopia.

Unfortunately, Dr. Mohamed Sirad Dolal lost both parents at age of ten and raised by his uncle Mohamoud Dolal. He went to Kebri Dehar primary school where he had completed primary and elementary education. Kebri Dehar school was the only school in the Ogaden region.Dr. Dolal get a chance be second group of Kebri Dehar School while opened in 1960.

He completed his formative education in his birthplace of Kebri Dehar. He graduated from Medhane-Alem High School in Harar in 1972. He also earned Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from his undergraduate studies at the premier Somali National University (SNU) in Lafoole, Afgoye, Somalia. He later went onto graduate school, where he earned a Master of Arts (MA) degree at the London School of Economics (LSE) in England in 1991 and finally received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) at the University of Leeds in Leeds, England.

During school years he was outspoken student about the Ogaden nation lack of development and how Ogaden annexed to Ethiopia. Dr. M.S. Dolal had chauvinistic attitude toward politics. His last year of secondary education went prison fifteen days while he criticised policy of the Ethiopian monarchy.

Career

In 1973, he started first work at Ethiopian Water Authority Agency. He left the work in June 1977, when the Ogaden War erupted in the region, at which time he joined freedom fighters Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF). He was wounded in the battle at Goray in 1978, from Harar, Goray is the second village close to Jigjiga after Dhagaxle, where he almost lost his right hand.

During his stay in Somalia, he was regularly involved in campaign efforts to secede way from Ethiopia. He also was a college lecturer and practicing social science researcher, who had frequently undertaken field trips across Somalia from Baidoa to Bosaso, Kismayo to Mogadishu. 1980s he was an active member of Youth of Western Somali Liberation Front WSLF, which later became Ogaden National Liberation Front ONLF for involvement of secret rebellion he went prison at Mogadishu.

On January 17, 2009, Dr. Dolal's life ended, when he was wounded, captured and executed along with several of his colleagues by Ethiopian Army in Dhanan, Ogaden.

He was based out of London, England and had been survived by his wife and six children.

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