Banadir resistance

Banadir resistance
Part of Italian Somali Wars, Scramble for Africa

Italians and Somali colonial troops fighting against the Bimaal at Danane.
Date1890s–1908
Location
Horn of Africa, southern Italian Somalia
Result
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Giacomo Trevis X
Gustavo Pesenti
Antonino Di Giorgio
Maurizio Talmone †
Antonio Cecchi †		 Sheikh Abdi Abikar Gafle
Ma’alin Mursal Abdi Yusuf
Haji ibrahim Gaashan

The Banadir resistance, also known as the Bimaal revolt, Merca revolt, or simply the Bimaal resistance, was a guerrilla war that lasted from the 1890s to 1908, opposing Italian colonial expansion in southern Somalia. The resistance was most active in the Lower Shebelle, Banadir and Middle Shebelle regions. Its intensity and significance have drawn comparisons to the Somali Dervish Movement.

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