Villa Somalia

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Villa Somalia

The Villa Somalia is the presidential palace from the Italian era in Somalia . It is located in Mogadishu on high ground near the shores of the Indian Ocean, with access to the port and airport.

history

The Italian colonial rulers erected the building as the seat of their governor on a hill that was still completely undeveloped in 1936. Between 1937 and 1939, a flat-roof palace composed of ashlars was built in the Art Deco style. After gaining independence in 1960, the villa became the seat of government.

The third president to use the Somalia villa was Siad Barre , who was last dictatorial . Under his aegis, the ensemble of white low-rise buildings was modernized and expanded. After its fall in 1991, the rebel organization United Somali Congress (USC) under Mohammed Farah Aidid took the building. After the USC split between Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohammed , the two warlords and their militias fought for control of Mogadishu. During the following 15 years of the Somali civil war , the Somalia villa remained under the control of the Hawiye clan. Most recently it was held by militias of Hussein Mohammed Farah , the son and successor of AIDS. In 2006, eight weeks after the Union of Islamic Courts took power in Mogadishu, they were forced to surrender it. The Union announced that it would set up an Islamic court in the Somalia villa.

In late 2006, the Somali Transitional Government took the building from the Union of Islamic Courts. In early 2007, interim president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed visited Mogadishu and the Somalia villa for the first time and announced that the government would be relocating from its provisional seat in Baidoa to Mogadishu. On January 19, the Somalia villa was shot at by unknown persons with mortars .

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has been the elected President since February 2017 . He lives in the Somalia villa and rules from there. Its headquarters are also home to various government agencies and host receptions and conferences. After Sheikh Mohamud narrowly escaped an assassination attempt shortly after his election , a storming of the building by the Shebab militia was averted on February 21, 2014 with several losses on both sides.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Boris Bachorz: On Somali president's Plate: Goat Liver, State Rebuilding. Mohamud governs part of Somalia under his control with small team of advisors, with an eye on detail. In: middle-east-online.com. February 28, 2013, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Dirk Spilker: Mad Mulahs? (PDF; 4.83 MB) Islamic fundamentalism in Somalia: history and background, strategies and current developments. (No longer available online.) In: pmg-ev.com. Politisch-Militärische Gesellschaft eV, 2007, p. 55 , archived from the original on November 17, 2015 ; accessed on November 15, 2015 (p. 55 of the PDF corresponds to p. 48 of the document). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pmg-ev.com
  3. ^ Mogadishu: Evolution of an African Capital - in Pictures. A new exhibition by Somali-British architect Rashid Ali and British photographer Andrew Cross presents contemporary images of the battle-ravaged Somali capital alongside rare archive images that document Mogadishu under Italian colonial rule. In: theguardian.com. February 28, 2014, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Rakesh Ramchum: Mogadishu's Modernist heritage. In: architectsjournal.co.uk. March 29, 2014, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Felix Kühn, Christopher Große: "This will be an absolute war" . In Somalia, the government is launching a major attack on the Shabab militias. Radical Islamists stand on both sides of the front - both opponents woo clans and factions. Those who can flee from Hell Mogadishu start moving. In: Zenith . Journal for the Orient. No. 2/2010 , March 2010, ISSN  1439-9660 , Politics, p. 24 ff . ( PDF file; 5.23 MB [accessed November 15, 2015]).
  6. ↑ Mohamed Sheikh Nor (?): At least 20 Members of Somalis's Parliament Hand in Resignations. In: usatoday.com. The Associated Press, July 27, 2006, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Somali pro-govt Militias Seize Buildings in Capital. In: hiiraan.com. Reuters, December 28, 2006, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  8. ^ Islamic Court Abandon Mogadishu. In: hiiraan.com. Aljazeera, December 28, 2006, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Sahal Abdulle: President's Palace in Mogadishu Attacked. In: freepublic.com. Reuters, January 19, 2007, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  10. ^ Gunfire at Somali Leader's Home. Heavy gunfire has broken out at the residence of the Somali president in the capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say. In: bbc.co.uk. BBC News, January 19, 2007, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  11. ^ Somalia President, HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Hosted Dinner at Villa Somalia + Images. In: warsheekh.com. September 7, 2013, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  12. ↑ (sly / sda): Bomb attack on the presidential palace in Somalia. In the Somali capital Mogadiscio [sic] there was an attack with several fatalities: it is apparently the Islamist [...] shebab militia. In: tagesanzeiger.ch. February 21, 2014, accessed November 15, 2015 .

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Coordinates: 2 ° 2 ′ 23.4 "  N , 45 ° 20 ′ 5.1"  E