Yusuf Abdi Ali

Colonel Tukeh

Yusuf Abdi Ali
Ali leaving a court hearing in Alexandria, Virginia in 2019
NicknameTukeh
Born1952 or 1953 (age 72–73)
AllegianceSomali Democratic Republic
BranchSomali National Army
Service yearsc. May 1987–c. July 1988
RankLieutenant Colonel
CommandsFifth Brigade in Northwest Somalia
Known forCommitting acts of torture during the Somali Civil War
ConflictsSomali Civil War Somali Rebellion
Other workRetired lieutenant colonel

Yusuf Abdi Ali "Tukeh" is a former Somali Colonel and head of the Somali National Army's Fifth Brigade, under the former Somali Democratic Republic. In 2019, a US jury found Ali guilty of committing acts of torture during Somalia's civil war in the late 1980s.

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