Key statistics

1992
First Recorded Activity

First Attack
2025
Profile Last Updated

How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Aidid's Militia.” Last modified July 31, 2025. https://mappingmilitants.org/node/3009/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

Maps

Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 1992
Disbanded: 
January 1, 1996

Aidid's Militia was the militia led by Somali General Mohammed Farah Aidid and was formed as one entity in the civil war that began in 1991. Aidid also declared himself the president of Somalia following the collapse of Siad Barre’s regime. Aidid was designated as a war criminal following attacks on UN forces by Aidid’s militia. The militia would later help form the Somali National Alliance, and the ultimate goal of the group was political power and control in Somalia. However, Aidid’s son, Hussein Farah Aidid, did not continue the militia following his father’s death in 1996, instead pursuing political ambitions in Somalia.

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Strategy

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