Public life today
Abdulkadir Yahya Ali (Cabdiqaadir Yaxye Cali)
Abdulkadir Yahya Ali (23 April 1957 to 12 July 2005) was a Somali peace activist who founded the Centre for Research and Dialogue in Mogadishu. A former employee of the US embassy in Mogadishu, he advised the International Crisis Group and worked for many years on reconciliation. He was shot dead by gunmen at his home in Mogadishu in July 2005.
Abdulkadir Yahya AliAbdikadir Yahya Ali · Cabdiqaadir Yaxye Cali
- Lived
- 1957-04-23 to 2005-07-12
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who was he?
Abdulkadir Yahya Ali was a Somali peace activist known for his work through the Centre for Research and Dialogue, which he founded (Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Yahya Ali). He had worked for the United States embassy in Mogadishu (same source).
Work
He advised and supported the International Crisis Group as an independent consultant (Wikipedia). He spent many years working for peace and reconciliation in Somalia and was widely respected in Somalia and abroad (same source).
Death
On 12 July 2005 a group of gunmen climbed into his compound in Mogadishu, overpowered his guards, took his laptop and shot him dead (Wikipedia).
In short
A Mogadishu peace builder who founded the Centre for Research and Dialogue and was killed at his home in 2005.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Yahya Ali · en.wikipedia.org
Abdulkadir Yahya AliAbdikadir Yahya Ali · Cabdiqaadir Yaxye Cali
- Lived
- 1957-04-23 to 2005-07-12
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012
- Sources
- 1 sources
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