Somalia Elected Alternate External Auditor of AFROSAI-Arabic for 2026–2029
Cairo, September 4, 2026 — Somalia has secured a new position within the regional audit community after the Auditor General of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Advocate Ahmed Issa Gutale, was elected Alternate External Auditor of AFROSAI-Arabic for the 2026–2029 term. The election took place during the founding meeting of AFROSAI-Arabic, held in Cairo, Egypt. The organization serves as a sub-regional platform bringing together supreme audit institutions from African countries where Arabic is an official or widely used language. The Auditor General of Algeria was elected External Auditor for the same three-year period. Gutale Welcomes the Confidence Following his election, Advocate Ahmed Issa Gutale thanked the organization’s nine members for their confidence and emphasized the importance of moving from the organization’s establishment phase toward operational and organizational excellence. He highlighted the need to strengthen professional cooperation among member supreme a...
