Abdirahman Mahdi
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Abdirahman Mahdiis one of the founders of theOgaden National Liberation Front(ONLF), a political movement determined to allow the people ofOgadento exercise their right toself-determinationin theHorn of Africaand its current Chairman since November 12, 2019. The ONLF is considered a terrorist organisation by the government ofEthiopia.
In addition, Mahdi is also a member of the central committee and executive council, highest decision-making bodies, of the ONLF. Furthermore, he is the current vice president.[1]of theUnrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization(UNPO), elected at its XII General Assembly held at the Flemish Parliament in Brussels on 4 July 2015.
During his youth, Mahdi would be displaced from his home during the1964 war.[2]
Mahdi founded the ONLF on August 15, 1984, along with five other prominent Ogadeni activists: Mohamed Ismail Omar, current vice chairman of the ONLF; Sheikh Ibrahim Abdalla Mohamed, former chairman of the ONLF (1991–1998); Abdi Ibrahim Ghehleh, former trade unionist; Abdirahman Yusuf Magan, formerWSLFmember; and Abdullahi Muhammed Sa'adi, former WSLF representative inKuwait.The ONLF is currently led by Chairman Mohammed Omar Osman, who was elected to the post at a 1998 national convention.
References
[edit]- ^"XII UNPO GA Adopts General Resolution and Elects New Presidency".Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. 8 July 2015.
- ^"Lixdii Janaral ee Dhibaateeyey Soomaalida iyo Meeshii ay ku Dambeeyeen".somalimemo.info.2020-05-16.Retrieved2023-07-06.
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