Villa Somalia

The Villa Somalia is the presidential palace in Somalia. It is located in Mogadishu on high ground near the shores of the Indian Ocean, with access to the port and airport.

History

The last president who had used the Villa Somalia, Siad Barre was. After his fall 1991, the rebel United Somali Congress ( USC) under Mohammed Farah Aidid took a the building. After the USC split between Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohammed, fought the two warlords and their militias for control of Mogadishu. Over the next 15 years of the Somali Civil War, the Villa Somalia remained under control of the Hawiye clan. Most recently, she was held by militias of Hussein Mohammed Farah Aidid's son and successor. 2006, eight weeks after the takeover by the Union of Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, they had to give them. The Union announced its intention to set up an Islamic court in Villa Somalia.

The end of 2006, the transitional government of Somalia took the building of the Union of Islamic Courts. In early 2007 visited transitional President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Mogadishu for the first time and the Villa Somalia and announced to relocate the Government of its provisional seat in Baidoa to Mogadishu. On 19 January, the Villa Somalia was shot by unknown assailants with mortars.

Swell

  • Reuters: Somali pro- govt militias seize buildings in capital
  • Garowe Online: Somalia president visits Mogadishu after Ethiopian victory

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  • Villa
  • Government Buildings
  • Building in Somalia
  • Mogadishu
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