Mohamed Abshir Muse (1991–1998) Mohamed Warsame Hoori chief of SSDF army commander (1986–1988), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1978–1986, 1991–1998) Musse Islam (1984–1986) Hassan Ali Mire (1986–1988)
United Somali Congress (USC) United Somali Party Somali National Democratic Union South Yemen Ethiopia Libyan Jamahiriya
Opponents
Somali Democratic Republic
Preceded by Somali Salvation Front, Somali Workers Party, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Somalia
Succeeded by Puntland
Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) (Somali: Jabhadda Diimuqraadiga Badbaadinta Soomaaliyeed), initially known as the Democratic Front for Salvation of Somalia, was a political and paramilitary umbrella organization in Somalia. Founded in 1978 by several army officers, it was the first of several opposition groups dedicated to ousting the authoritarian regime of Mohamed Siad Barre.[2] With its power base mainly in the Majeerteen clan,[2][3][4] SSDF played a significant role in the country's complex political landscape during the late 1970s and 2000s. And Succeeded by the establishment in 1998 of the autonomous Puntland state in northeastern Somalia.[5]
^U.S. Army, Center of Military History (2003). United States forces, Somalia after action report and historical overview : the United States Army in Somalia, 1992-1994. Center of Military History, U.S. Army. p. 67. ISBN 9781462053940.
^ abNina J. Fitzgerald, Somalia: issues, history, and bibliography, (Nova Publishers: 2002), p.25.
^Bongartz, Maria (1991). The Civil War in Somalia: Its Genesis and Dynamics. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
^Craig, Dylan (2019-06-26). Sovereignty, War, and the Global State. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-19886-2.
^Yuusuf, Muuse (2021-05-20). The Genesis of the Civil War in Somalia: The Impact of Foreign Military Intervention on the Conflict. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7556-2711-0.
and 26 Related for: Somali Salvation Democratic Front information
SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF) (Somali: Jabhadda Diimuqraadiga Badbaadinta Soomaaliyeed), initially known as the DemocraticFront for Salvation...
led to the Somali Civil War. Among the militia groups were the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF), United Somali Congress (USC), Somali National Movement...
colonel in the Somali National Army. He was one of the founders of the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront, as well as the Puntland state of Somalia, the latter...
Minister of Education of the SomaliDemocratic Republic. Mire later co-founded and chaired the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF). In 1998, he was also...
The SomaliDemocratic Action Front (SODAF; Somali: Ururka Dhaqdhaqaaqa Dimuqraadiyada Soomaaliyeed) is the first political faction of the Somali Rebellion...
The Majeerteen (Somali: Majeerteen, Arabic: ماجرتين; also spelled Majerteen, Macherten, Majertain, or Mijurtin) is a prominent Somali sub-clan of the...
leaders which have held de facto control over vast areas within Somalia. First Somali resistance group. Leaders: Dr. Hassan Ali Mire, Abdullahi Yusuf...
The Somali National Front (SNF) (Somali: Dhaqdhaqaaqa Jabhada Soomaliyeed) was a politico-military organization that operated in southern Somalia during...
would strive to add the Isaaq based Somali National Movement (SNM) and Darod based SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF) to the SNA. If this goal were...
called the SomaliSalvationFront (SSF; later the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront, SSDF), initiating the Somali Rebellion and eventually the Somali Civil...
The Somali National Movement (Somali: Dhaqdhaqaaqa Wadaniga Soomaaliyeed, Arabic: الحركة الوطنية الصومالية) was one of the first and most important organized...
leading to the Somali Civil War. Among the militia groups were the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF), United Somali Congress (USC), Somali National Movement...
The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaali Galbeed, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሊያ ጦርነት, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya somalīya...
Barre organization initially called the SomaliSalvationFront (SSF; later the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront, SSDF). One of Barre's earliest forms of...
figure in the Somalian Rebellion, Somali culture, and Somalia's political elite. Magan co-founded the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF), a political...
(Somali: Maxamed Abshir Muuse, Arabic: محمد أبشير موسى); 1 July 1926 – 25 October 2017 also known as Mahamed Abshir Haamaan, was a prominent Somali General...
Col. Abdullahi Yusuf of the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF) agreed to convene a peace conference for central Somalia. In light of recent conflict...
the DemocraticFront for Salvation of Somalia. When Barre's regime fell in 1991, the SRSP dissolved. In the same year the Somali National Front was organized...
Col. Abdullahi Yusuf of the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF) agreed to convene a peace conference for central Somalia. In light of recent conflict...
the only two remaining major factions, the Somali National Movement (SNM) and SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF), to leave his main rival Ali Mahdi...
time commanded the army. These events led Bulhan to join the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF), the first resistance group against the authoritarian...
leading to the Somali Civil War. Among the militia groups were the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront (SSDF), United Somali Congress (USC), Somali National Movement...
II as king of Lesotho. Somalia: Guerrilla forces, including the SomaliSalvationDemocraticFront in the northeast, the Somali National Movement in the...
Global Information
United Somali Congress (USC)
South Yemen 
Ethiopia 
Libyan Jamahiriya