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Somali Democratic Action Front
The Somali Democratic Action Front (SODAF; Somali: ''Ururka Dhaqdhaqaaqa Dimuqraadiyada Soomaaliyeed'') is the first political faction of the Somali Rebellion. Activities Led by the former erstwhile and beloved mayor of Mogadishu, Omar Hassan Mohamud "Istarliin", it was the first primary opposition of the Siad Barre regime established in Rome in conclusion of meetings between 1974-1976 by exiled politicians who fled from regime reprisals after the execution of the former Minister of Defence General Salaad Gabeyre Kediye accused of organising a counter coup. Initially powerful both economically and diplomatically, following the end of the war with Ethiopia in the summer of 1978, SODAF had been invited to merge with the Somali Salvation Front (SSF) led by Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf and two other small parties to form the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) with the approval and assistance of President Jomo Kenyatta and his vice-president Daniel Arap Moi Daniel Toro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somali Civil War
The Somali Civil War (; ) is an List of ongoing armed conflicts, ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta which was led by Siad Barre during the 1980s. From 1988 to 1990, the Somali Armed Forces began engaging in combat against various armed rebel groups,Ken Menkhaus,Local Security Systems in Somali East Africa' in Andersen/Moller/Stepputat (eds.), Fragile States and Insecure People,' Palgrave, 2007, 73. including the Somali Salvation Democratic Front in the northeast, the Somali National Movement in the Somaliland War of Independence in the northwest, and the United Somali Congress in the south. The clan-based armed opposition groups Somali Rebellion, overthrew the Somali Democratic Republic, Barre government in 1991. Various armed factions began competing for influence in the power vacuum and turmoil that followed, particularly in the south. In 1990–92, customary law temporarily collapsed, and factional fighting proli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Hassan Mohamud 'Istarliin'
Omar Hassan Mohamud Istarliin (, ) was a Somalia, Somali Mayor of Mogadishu in the government of Aden Abdullah Osman Daar shortly before the military coup d'état of 1969. Following those events, he went into exile to form the first anti-revolutionary front SODAF as its first chairman or President. He was also one of the signers of the Somali Manifesto. References {{Somalia-mayor-stub Mayors of Mogadishu Year of birth missing Possibly living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
