Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow Explained

Death Place:Merca, Somalia
Honorific Prefix:General
Honorific Suffix:MP
1Blankname:Offices held

Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow (died 27 July 2022) was a Somali general and politician who served in the 8th Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia in the 2000s.[1] A member of the Bimaal clan, Waafow later became the mayor (district commissioner) of the southern city of Merca in the Lower Shabelle region, a position he would hold until his assassination.[2] [3]

On 27 July 2022, Waafow was killed when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber ran up to him and detonated while Waafow was giving a speech outside an administrative office in Merca.[4] [5] Around twenty other people were also killed, mainly Waafow's advisors and security personnel. Waafow was targeted by al-Shabaab due to his support for AMISOM peacekeepers in Lower Shabelle.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rage . Jihadudin . 21 May 2018 . Members of the 8th Parliament . 13 August 2022 . . en-gb.
  2. Web site: Dhaysane . Mohamed . 27 July 2022 . Bombings in Somalia Kill at Least 20 . 13 August 2022 . . en.
  3. Web site: 26 October 2020 . How a community driven approach is achieving peace at a Somali town with USAID support . 13 August 2022 . Horn Observer . English.
  4. Web site: 27 July 2022 . Nine Killed In Somalia Suicide Bombing . 13 August 2022 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: 28 July 2022 . Deadly suicide bombing hits southern Somalia . 13 August 2022 . The Kampala Report . en-US.
  6. Web site: 27 July 2022 . Top Somali regional official among 11 killed in suicide blast . 13 August 2022 . Somali Guardian . en-US.

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