Juba Valley Alliance

The Juba Valley Alliance ( JVA abbreviated; Somali Isbahaysiga Dooxada Jubba; German Juba Valley Alliance) is a war party in the Somali civil war, which is active in the region around Kismayo in the valley of the Juba / Jubba in Südwestsomalia. Barre Adan Shire is your guide Hiiraale. The JVA is recruited from the clans of the Hawiye Habr - Gedir, the Marehan and Ogadeni - Darod.

History

The Juba Valley Alliance was formed from the predecessor organization Allied Somali Forces ( ASF, Allied forces in Somalia ). This in turn had been founded to fight against the militias of Siad Hersi Morgan and Hussein Mohammed Farah - to fight and to eliminate them from Kismayo - the son of Mohammed Farah Aidid. In June 1999, the ASF could take over control of Kismayo. In June 2001, she called around and decided to join the Somali transitional government. With Siad Hersi, who does not recognize the transitional government, it still came to fighting. 2006, the Union of Islamic Courts, the JVA temporarily displaced from Kismayo.

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• Policy ( Somalia)