| Wadajir Party | |
| Slogan: | Self-reliance |
| Country: | Somalia |
| Colors: | Orange Blue |
| Position: | Centre-left |
| Chairperson: | Saïd Muse Abdi |
| Native Name: | Xisbiga Wadajir |
| Headquarters: | Airport Road, Wadajir District Mogadishu |
| Ideology: | Social democracy Progressivism Reformism |
| Foundation: | 10 June 2016 |
| Secretary General: | Abdifitah Ibrahim Gesey |
| Leader: | Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame |
The Wadajir Party (Somali: Xisbiga Wadajir, abbr. XW or WP Arabic: حزب ودجر) is a progressive democratic political party in Somalia founded by a group of Somali politicians, intellectuals and social activists from different parts of the country, with a wide range of experience.[1]
Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame became Wadajir Party presidential candidate in the 2017 Somali presidential election.[2]
Wadajir Party was launched in June 2016 by a group of politicians.[3] The party was founded six of months before the 2017 Somali presidential election to reform political fiefdoms, nepotism, deadlock, and corruption.[4] The party's leader Abdirahman Abdishakur announced his candidacy for Somali president in June unveiling his manifesto, Iskutashi, a vision premised on the transformation of Somalia into a prosperous, self-reliant economy.[5]
Isku-Tashi or self-reliance, is a framework that strives to promote nation building and unity through serious policy agendas putting Somalia on a path to economic development and self-sustainability. Isku-Tashi framework consists of the following five overarching themes that are critical to Somali success:
On 17 December 2017, the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency attacked Warsame and other members of the Wadajir Party, killing five security members guarding the party headquarters and injuring four others, including Warsame.[6] [7] [8] [9]
Later, Warsame would say that he did not retaliate as many expected, with some of his supporters even urging him to do so. He said that he instead chose the supremacy of the law and compromised for the sake of national interest.