Search results
- Videos
When the United Nations tried to intervene, rival factions prevented adequate distribution of food and Mohamed Farrah Aidid's USC faction began to attack UN peacekeeping forces.
Mohamed Farrah Hassan Garad, known as General Aidid or Aideed ( Somali: Maxamed Faarax Xasan Garaad, 'Caydiid Garaad'; Arabic: محمد فرح حسن عيديد; 15 December 1934 – 1 August 1996), was a Somali general and diplomat.
General Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid was a Somali military commander and faction.
- 8 min
- 12.6K
- Audiopedia
Friday, August 2nd 1996. Footage of the funeral of Mohamed Farrah Aidid the Somalian Soldier who became a political prisoner, a diplomat and later warlord.
- 2 min
- 6.1K
- Adeyinka Makinde
May 1, 2024 · Muhammad Farah Aydid (born c. 1930, Beledweyne, Italian Somaliland—died Aug. 1, 1996, Mogadishu, Somalia) was a Somali faction leader. He received military training in Italy and the U.S.S.R. and served in posts under Mohamed Siad Barre (1978–89) before overthrowing him in 1991.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Followers of the late general Mohamed Farah Aidid appeared overjoyed by the appointment of his son. Some 30-thousand people gathered in Mogadishu's bombed-out soccer stadium Monday to hear...
- 3 min
- 118.2K
- AP Archive
People also ask
How did Mohamed Farrah Aidid die?
Who was Mohamed Farrah Aidid?
Who is Mohamed Farrah Hassan Garad?
Who is Muhammad Farah Aydid?
Oct 2, 2023 · The “momentum and boldness” of Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the leader of the city’s most powerful clan and the U.N. mission’s chief antagonist, General Meade wrote, were his prime concern.