One of the founders of the Ogaden National Liberation Front
Not to be confused with Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, leader of the Neo Mahdists in Sudan.
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Abdirahman Mahdi is one of the founders of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a political movement determined to allow the people of Ogaden to exercise their right to self-determination in the Horn of Africa and its current Chairman since November 12, 2019. The ONLF is considered a terrorist organisation by the government of Ethiopia.
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 the Unrepresented 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 the 1964 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, former WSLF member; and Abdullahi Muhammed Sa'adi, former WSLF representative in Kuwait. The ONLF is currently led by Chairman Mohammed Omar Osman, who was elected to the post at a 1998 national convention.
^"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. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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