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The Rahanweyn (Maay: Reewin, Northern Somali: Raxaweyn, Arabic: رحنوين), also known as the Digil and Mirifle (Somali: Digil iyo Mirifle) are a major Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large territory and densely populated fertile valleys of the Jubba and Shebelle rivers and the area between are mainly inhabited by settlers from the Digil and Mirifle lineages.[2]
Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud, The leader of Rahanweyn Resistance Army
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The Rahanweyn (Maay: Reewin, Northern Somali: Raxaweyn, Arabic: رحنوين), also known as the Digil and Mirifle (Somali: Digil iyo Mirifle) are a major Somali...
to the Hadame subclan of the Rahanweyn (Digil and Mirifle). Madobe served as the First Deputy Chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), one of...
The Rahaweyn Resistance Army (RRA), also known as the Reewin Resistance Army, is an autonomist militant group operating in the Southern Somalia. It was...
However, they were driven out by the Rahanweyn Resistance Army in June 1999. By the end of the year, the Rahanweyn Resistance Army had taken control of...
Somali politician and faction leader. He served as the chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), and subsequently as the first President of the...
as a consequence of governmental strategies specifically aimed at the Rahanweyn community residing in these areas. During 1990, in the capital city of...
(Somali: Tunni) are a Somali clan that make up part of the wider Digil-Rahanweyn branch. It is one of the major clans that inhabit in the South West State...
Bakool region of Somalia, inhabited by Mirifle Hadamo, jiroon, part of the Rahanweyn tribes. It serves as the province's capital and is the center of the Hudur...
the Garğēda with the time of the "holy war" in the 1530s. Along with Rahanweyn, the Hawiye clan also came under the Ajuran Empire control in the 13th...
is considered to be a sub-clan of the Digil-Rahanweyn clan family, which is part of the larger Rahanweyn clan. However, genealogically, they are descended...
predominantly in the environs of Afgooye city. They are a sub-clan of the Rahanweyn and led the Geledi sultanate during the late 17th to early 20th century...
region of Somalia.It is inhabited by the eelaay clan which is part of the rahanweyn tribe. The city sits on the Jubba River near the Somali Region in Ethiopia...
language is Maay which is principally spoken by the Digil and Mirifle (Rahanweyn or Sab) clans in the southern regions of Somalia. Its speech area extends...
instead. Finally, southern clans who practice agriculture such as the Rahanweyn trace their ancestry to Aqil through their common purported forefather...
majority of Sablale residents are Dabarre sub-division of the wider Digil Rahanweyn Somalis. "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)"...
in the region carried out by the Somali National Front prompted many Rahanweyn communities to begin joining the SNA during 1992. According to SNA accounts...
Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre Personal details Born (1969-10-10) 10 October 1969 (age 54) Huddur, Bakool, Somalia Clan Rahanweyn Nickname Abu Mansur...
The interior and the bulk of Koofur Orsi are populated mainly by the Rahanweyn clan, who are located between the Hawiye to the east in Hirshabelle, and...
pastoralist Dir, Isaaq, Darod, Hawiye and the sedentary agropastoralist Rahanweyn. Minor Somali clans include Asharaf. The Dir, Hawiye, Gardere (Gaalje'el...
subsequently founded the Gobroon dynasty. The Geledi Sultanate was a Rahanweyn Kingdom ruled by the noble Geledi which held sway over the Jubba and Shabelle...
Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya) Hawiye, Darod (including Majeerteen), Isaaq, Dir, Rahanweyn, Madhiban, Yibir, Ajuran along with significant populations in the United...
2001–2004 Southwestern Somalia Rahanweyn 2002–2006 Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Hawiye(Mudulood & Habar Gidir) and Rahanweyn 2004–present Islamic Courts...
of Sab, the progenitor of most southern Somali clans (most notably the Rahanweyn). Constructing and reconstructing genealogical tables according to changing...
Standard Somali. Maay is principally spoken by the Digil and Mirifle (Rahanweyn) clans in South West. Northern Somali (Maxaa Tiri) is the main Somali...
the Northern Frontier District (NFD) in Kenya. The Digil and Mirifle (Rahanweyn) are agro-pastoral clans in the areas between the Baay and Bakool. Many...
defeated early challengers to the new Sultanate and incorporated some Rahanweyn and Hawiye subclans under Geledi rule. Mahamud was the son of the first...
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