President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's younger brother Ahmed Mohamed Solih has passed away while under treatment in Dubai.
Sources have said that he had died while battling cancer and that he was 55 years of age when he died.
President Solih has 8 younger siblings and Ahmed was one of them.
The family has a total of 12 siblings and 4 of them are visually impaired.
All four had joined courses to learn how to read the Holy Quran by heart.
While the other four had gone on to complete their courses and become Hafizes, Ahmed had to abandon the course because of his illness.
Meanwhile, the President's Office had confirmed that President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih had departed to Dubai on a personal matter.
The President's Office also said that President Solih would return back on Wednesday.
