Mohammed Omar Habeb Dhere

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Mohammed Omar Habeb Dhere (* 20th century ; † November 15, 2012 in Mogadishu , Somalia ) was a warlord in the Somali civil war and from April 2007 to autumn 2010 mayor of the Somali interim government for Mogadishu. He belonged to the Abgal- Hawiye clan .

Political life

Heres power base is Jawhar , he also had influence in the nearby capital Mogadishu. He temporarily supported the Council for Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Somalia against the transitional federal government .

In 2006 he led the United States-backed warlords alliance ARPCT against the Union of Islamic Courts . In June 2006, he and his militia were ousted from Jawhar by the Union of Islamic Courts.

Mayor of Mogadishu

After the interim government ousted the Union of Islamic Courts with massive military aid from Ethiopia , it appointed Dhere mayor of Mogadishu and governor of the Banaadir region in April 2007 . He then announced to take action against the widespread use of firearms in the city. However, his city administration was soon faced with fierce resistance from Islamists, Hawiye fighters and other government opponents who fought heavy fighting with Ethiopian and government troops. Hundreds of thousands of residents fled the city. 2007 made Dhere the controversial statement that relief organizations that the IDPs in Afgooye supply, would " al-Qaeda feed" (feeding al Qaeda) . He was not very popular with the population.

At the end of July 2008, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein announced the dismissal of Dheres, as his policy had contributed to the escalation of the situation. Dheres militias that are fighting alongside Ethiopia and the interim government against the insurgents are also said to be disarmed. President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed , who has been allied with Dhere since the late 1990s , refused and reinstated him as mayor.

In autumn 2010 he was replaced as mayor by Mohamoud Ahmed Nur . In February 2010, soldiers from the African Union arrested him for having given orders to five soldiers to shoot civilians at a music festival organized by his successor.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Somalia: Mohamed Dhere, Ex-Governor Dies in Somali Capital . Retrieved December 1, 2012
  2. ^ Johannes Dieterich: Lichtblicke in Somalia. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . June 7, 2011, accessed June 7, 2011 .
  3. ↑ IRIN News: Somalia: Some key actors in the transitional process
  4. ↑ BBC News: Jowhar calm but residents scared
  5. ↑ Somali mayor axed over insecurity
  6. ↑ Christian Putsch: How Somalia's Citizens Defy the Warriors of God. In: The world . June 15, 2011, accessed June 17, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Dhere, Mohammed Omar Habeb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dheere, Maxamed Cumar Xabeeb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Somali politician, warlord and mayor of Mogadishu
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 2012
Place of death Mogadishu , Somalia