Abdikadir Yahya Ali ( so, Cabdiqaadir Yaxye Cali) (1957 – July 12, 2005), was a Somali

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best known for his work through his own Centre for Research and Dialogue. Yahya also worked from time to time as an independent

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giving advice and administrative support to

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Group. He had devoted many years to foster peace and reconciliation in

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

and was widely respected by his people and by many in the

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. Abdikadir Yahya Ali hails from

Abdalla Sabdi Abdalla Sabdi ( so, Cabdalle Sabdi, also spelled ' or ' and in short form '; ar, عبد الله السبت) is a Somali clan, and subclan of Murusade which is part of the major Hawiye clan. Its members live in Banaadir, Galgaduud and Lower Sheb ...

sub-clan of

Murusade The Murusade or Murosade (; ) is a Somali clan, part of the Karanle confederation of Hawiye sub-clans. The Murusade inhabit southern Somalia, specifically the Galgaduud, Middle,and lower Shabelle and Banadir Banaadir ( so, Banaadir, ar, ب� ...

, a branch of the main

Hawiye The Hawiye ( so, Hawiye, ar, بنو هوية, it, Hauija) is the largest Somali clan family. Members of this clan traditionally inhabit central and southern Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia ( Somali, Harar, Oromia and Afar regions) and the Nor ...

clan.

Death

On July 12, 2005, around 2 a.m., he was killed at his house. A group of roughly 10 assassins, wearing masks or scarves around their faces, used a ladder to scale the back wall of Yahya's compound. To find their way in the dark, they had flashlights tied to the barrels of their Kalashnikovs. Yahye guards, some of them sleeping, were taken by surprise and handcuffed. The killers entered the house, which apparently was unlocked. Some of the men made their way to a second-floor bedroom and woke Yahya and his wife. They demanded valuables and took Yahye's laptop. Then they led Yahya to a corridor where they executed him. First, they shot him several times with an AK-47, then two or three more times to the mouth and head with a pistol. The Al-qaeda linked Shabaab group was alleged the killing of Yahya.

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