WAJIR: After four months of agonizing silence, the prayers of a Wajir family have finally been answered. Hussein Abdirahman Hussein, the Huduma Centre Manager who vanished without a trace on July 8, 2025, is coming home.

He was located this morning in Dhobley, Somalia, just across the porous border that has defined so much of the region’s recent turbulence.

Handed over by individuals believed to be linked to Al-Shabaab, Hussein is alive, but he is not unscathed.

His cousin, Sahal Ahmed, describes him as “weak and traumatized,” a man bearing the invisible scars of a 135 day ordeal.

“We thank God our brother has been found,” Ahmed said, his voice a mix of exhaustion and gratitude.

“He is currently in the hands of security agencies near the Kenya-Somalia border, and we hope he will reunite with the family soon.”

But this moment of grace is set against a dark backdrop.

Just hours before Hussein’s release, the very border region that offered him back claimed new victims.

Two police officers were killed when their vehicle struck an explosive device planted along the highway, while five of their colleagues remain hospitalized with serious injuries.

For the people of Wajir, today is a day of conflicting emotions: celebration for a son returned, and mourning for the defenders lost.