Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow (died 27 July 2022) was a Somali general and politician who served in the 8th Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia in the 2000s.[1] A member of the Bimaal clan, Waafow later became the mayor (district commissioner) of the southern city of Merca in the Lower Shabelle region, a position he would hold until his assassination.[2][3]
On 27 July 2022, Waafow was killed when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber ran up to him and detonated while Waafow was giving a speech outside an administrative office in Merca.[4][5] Around twenty other people were also killed, mainly Waafow's advisors and security personnel.[2] Waafow was targeted by al-Shabaab due to his support for AMISOM peacekeepers in Lower Shabelle.[6]
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