NSS. Politicians with ties to the NSS Controversy surrounds the activities of the NSS, as well as those politicians who served in or assisted the NSS during the Barre regime. This is a partial list of Somali and Horn of Africa politicians who had known or alleged ties to the NSS: Abdiqasim Salad Hassan TNG President of Somalia (2001–2004); as interior minister under Siad Barre, was head of the NSS. Ali Mohammed Ghedi TFG Prime Minister of Somalia (2004–present); alleged agent/informer. Hassan Abshir Farah TFG Prime Minister of Somalia (2001–2003), Minister of Fisheries (2004–present); allegedly cooperated with the NSS as regional governor in Barre government. Dahir Riyale Kahin President of Somaliland (2003–2010) served as the NSS station chief in Berbera. Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud TFG Minister of Finance (2005–present); President of Southwestern Somalia (2002–present); Colonel in the NSS Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti since 1999, was reportedly trained by the NSS. Mukther Mohmmed Abdurahman Bullbull Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) since 2003 to 2011 reportedly trained by the NSS Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, reportedly came in contact with the NSS and lived in Mogadishu for a period during the Derg era of Ethiopia, allegedly lived with Afwerki Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea, reportedly came in contact with the NSS and lived in Mogadishu for a period during the Derg era of Ethiopia, allegedly lived with Zenawi Foreign politicians Former Ethiopian president Meles Zenawi and Eritrean president Isayas Afewerki were also alleged to have had contacts with the NSS. IRIN news wrote, citing an unnamed former official of Somalia, that: "Meles knew Somalia very well, as he lived in Mogadishu when he was a liberation leader in the 1980s. Meles and Eritrean leader Isayas Afewerki “lived together in a villa behind Tawfiq Hotel, north Mogadishu, and were handled by the National Security Service, provided with travel documents and Somali passports, trained and given a Tigrayan radio frequency”, a former senior Somali government official told IRIN". Successor In January 2013, the new Federal Government of Somalia established the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in place of the defunct NSS. Mandated with assuring national security, NISA is headquartered in the capital Mogadishu. References 1970 establishments in Somalia 1990 disestablishments in Somalia Defunct intelligence agencies Somali intelligence agencies Politics of Somalia Political organisations based in Somalia