Mohamed Omar Habeb

Mohammed Omar Habeb Dhere (* 20th century, † November 15, 2012 in Mogadishu, Somalia ) was a warlord in Somalia's civil war and from April 2007 to autumn 2010, the mayor of the transitional government of Somalia, Mogadishu. He belonged to the clan of the Hawiye - Abgal.

Political life

DHères power base is Jawhar, in addition he also had influence in the nearby capital, Mogadishu. He supported the alliance temporarily Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council against the transitional government of Somalia.

In 2006 he supported by the United States Warlords Alliance ARPCT against the Union of Islamic Courts. In June 2006, he and his militias were displaced by the Union of Islamic Courts from Jawhar.

Mayor of Mogadishu

After the transitional government had supplanted with massive military aid to Ethiopia, the Islamic Courts Union, they appointed Dhere in April 2007, the mayor of Mogadishu and governor of Benadir region. He subsequently announced that combat the prevalence of firearms in the city. His city administration, however, was soon faced with strong resistance from Islamists, Hawiye fighters and other government opponents, the heavy fighting with Ethiopian and government forces fought. Hundreds of thousands of residents fled the city. In 2007, Dhere the controversial statement that charities that feed the IDPs in Afgooye would, " al -Qaida feed " ( al Qaeda feeding ). In the population, he was not very popular.

End of July 2008, announced Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein to the dismissal dHères, since this has contributed with its policy for the escalation of the situation. Also to dHères militias who are fighting on the side of Ethiopia and the transitional government against the rebels, to be disarmed. The since the late 1990s with Dhere Confederate President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed refused, however, and put him back on as mayor.

In the fall of 2010, he was replaced in his capacity as mayor of Mohamoud Ahmed Nur. In February 2010 African Union troops arrested him because he is said to have given the command on a five soldiers, organized by his successor, Music Festival to fire on civilians.