Somali National Alliance

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Somali National Alliance
AbbreviationSNA
Commander/leaderMohamed Farrah Aidid,[1]
Hussein Farrah Aidid
Founded1992 (1992)
Dissolved2002 (2002)
Split fromUnited Somali Congress
Merged intoSomalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council
HeadquartersMogadishu
IdeologyHawiyes' interests
Anti-communism
ReligionSunni Islam

The Somali National Alliance (abbreviated SNA) was a political alliance formed in June 1992 in Mogadishu, Somalia, with Mohamed Farrah Aidid as its head. Its constituents included Aidid's breakaway United Somali Congress faction, the Somali Patriotic Movement, and other southern groups. They were one faction in the Somali Civil War. Between 2,000–4,000 militants from the Somali National Alliance participated in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.

After the death of the senior Aidid in 1996, his son, Hussein Mohamed Farah Aidid, took over the SNA. It eventually became the core of the Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC), formed in 2001.

Leaders and member Interim Government of Somalia[]

Position Name Inaugurated Left Office Notes
Mohamed Farrah Aidid 1991 1996
Hussein Mohamed Farah Aidid 1996 1997
Ali Mahdi Mohamed 1991 1997
Osman Hassan Ali (1940–2013) 1991 1998
(1919–2002) 1999 1999
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934–2012) 1999 2000
Aden Abdullahi Nur (1930–2002) 2000 2000
Mohamed Abshir Muse (acting) (b. 1926 – d. 2017) August 2000
 August 2000
Abdallah Derow Isaq (acting) (b. 1950 – d. 2006) August 2000 22 August 2000
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (b. 1941) 22 August 2000 2000
2000 2000
Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SSRC) (counter-government, at Baidoa)
Chairmen (rotating monthly) Hussein Farrah Aidid 2000 2000
Hilowle Iman Omar (b. 1938? – d. 2010) USC 2000 2000
2000 2000
Aden Abdullahi Nur 2000 2000
Hassan Mohammed Nur (b. 1946 – d. 2013) RRA 2000 2000
2001 2001
Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail 2001 2001
2001 2001
Secretaries-general
(b. 19?? – d. 2012)  SAMO 26 Mar 2001 Dec 2001
2001 2001
2001 2001
2001 2001

References[]

  1. ^ "United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Somalia" (PDF). OCHA. 1998.


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