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Wadajir District (Somali: degmada Wadajir), also called Medina District or Madina District [1] is a district in the south-central Banaadir region of Somalia.A few southwestern neighborhoods of Mogadishu are located in this district, as well as the Somali National University.
In early 1991, the Somali Postal Service had 100 post offices, with a total staff of between 1,665 [2] to 2,165 personnel. [5] The national postal infrastructure was later completely destroyed during the civil war, with Somali Postal officially suspending operations in October 1991. [6]
During the United Nations Operation in Somalia II several gun battles took place in Mogadishu between Somali factions, volunteers and peacekeepers. Among these was the Battle of Mogadishu of 1993, a US apprehension of two high-ranking lieutenants of the Somali National Alliance. The UN soldiers withdrew altogether from the country on 3 March ...
The hijacking was a dramatic escalation in the so-called German Autumn of 1977, a period marked by a series of terrorist activities in West Germany. [3] It was directly linked to the dramatic kidnapping in Braunsfeld, Cologne, of Hanns Martin Schleyer, a prominent West German industrialist, by the Red Army Faction (RAF) "Commando Siegfried Hausner" group on 5 September 1977.
Hodan District (Somali: Degmada Hodan) is a district in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. It is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of Mogadishu . This district as well as the bordering Deeynile district are a part of the traditional Territory of the Murusade clan.
Baledogle Airfield, also called Wanlaweyn Airstrip, is the largest military air base in Somalia, about 90 kilometers northwest of the capital, Mogadishu. The airfield was constructed in the 1970s for the Somali Air Force with assistance of the Soviet Union. It was later expanded on and modernized by the United States during the 2010s. [1]
Banaadir (Somali: Banaadir, Arabic: بنادر, Italian: Benadir) is an administrative region in southeastern Somalia. [5] It covers the same area as the city of Mogadishu, which serves as the capital. It is the only region in the country not belonging to any of the six states.