The Rahanweyn (Maay: Reewin, Somali: Raxanweyn, Arabic: رحنوين), also known as the Digil and Mirifle (Somali: Digil iyo Mirifle) is a major Somali clan...

people are mainly divided among five patrilineal clans, the Hawiye, Darod, Rahanweyn, Dir, and Isaaq. The average person is able to trace his/her ancestry...

to the Hadame subclan of the Rahanweyn (Digil and Mirifle). Madobe served as the First Deputy Chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), one of...

as a consequence of governmental strategies specifically aimed at the Rahanweyn community residing in these areas. During 1990, in the capital city of...

Somali politician and faction leader. He served as the chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), and subsequently as the first President of the...

The Rahaweyn Resistance Army (RRA), also known as the Reewin Resistance Army, is an autonomist militant group operating in the Southern Somalia. It was...

However, they were driven out by the Rahanweyn Resistance Army in June 1999. By the end of the year, the Rahanweyn Resistance Army had taken control of...

in the region carried out by the Somali National Front prompted many Rahanweyn communities to begin joining the SNA during 1992. According to SNA accounts...

is considered to be a sub-clan of the Digil-Rahanweyn clan family, which is part of the larger Rahanweyn clan. However, genealogically, they are descended...

of Sab, the progenitor of most southern Somali clans (most notably the Rahanweyn). Constructing and reconstructing genealogical tables according to changing...

Dhexe) region of Somalia. It lies between Bu'ale, Dinsoor and Bardera.It is inhabited by the Rahanweyn tribe. History of Somalia Jubaland Middle Juba...

the Rahanweyn tribes. It serves as the province's capital and the center of the Hudur District. The town is heart of the Maay language and Rahanweyn culture...

(Somali: Tunni) are a Somali clan that make up part of the wider Digil-Rahanweyn branch. It is one of the major clans that inhabit the South West State...

traditionally nomadic Somali people are divided into clans, wherein the Rahanweyn agro-pastoral clans and the occupational clans such as the Madhiban were...

remained in control of Baidoa until around January 1996, while the local Rahanweyn Resistance Army militia continued to engage the USC in the town's environs...

of Somalia by the Digil and Mirifle clans, collectively known as the Rahanweyn Somalis. They are most often described as dialects whilst others regard...

subsequently founded the Gobroon dynasty. The Geledi Sultanate was a Rahanweyn Kingdom ruled by the noble Geledi which held sway over the Jubba and Shabelle...

ethnic clan. The five major clans are the Darod, Dir, Hawiye, Isaaq, Rahanweyn and the minor clan called is the Ashraaf. The major clans within Darod...

Muse Sudi and Omar Finish. On June 3, his militia surrendered to the Rahanweyn Resistance Army, four days after they were defeated in clashes in northeast...

Gidir Abgaal Duduble Wa'daan Sheikhaal Udejeen Hawadle Ajuran Muhammed Murule Silcis Rahanweyn Digil Geledi Tunni Garre Mirifle Somalia portal v t e...

people are mainly divided among five patrilineal clans, the Hawiye, Darod, Rahanweyn, Dir, and Isaaq. The average person is able to trace his/her ancestry...

as Somali oral history shows. According to Cassanelli, “the Geledi (Rahanweyn) and Wa'dan (Darandolle Gurgate) allied to drive the Sil'is from Afgoy”...

indicating their origins from Arabia. However the Geledi people like the other Rahanweyn are of true Somali stock and like the Darod and Isaaq claiming Arab lineage...

instead. Finally, southern clans who practice agriculture such as the Rahanweyn trace their ancestry to Aqil through their common purported forefather...

people are mainly divided among five patrilineal clans, the Hawiye, Darod, Rahanweyn, Dir, and Isaaq. The average person is able to trace his/her ancestry...

majority of Sablale residents are Dabarre sub-division of the wider Digil Rahanweyn Somalis. "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)"...

of other Somali clans were present such as the: Gaalje'el and Sheikhal Rahanweyn and Dir Ogaden and Majerteen; Darod sub clans Hawadle and Murosade; Hawiye...

Standard Somali. Maay is principally spoken by the Digil and Mirifle (Rahanweyn) clans in the southern regions of Somalia, particularly in South West...

Ibraahim There is a tradition that suggests that the Dabare clan of the Rahanweyn are originally descended from the Awrtable, being the brother of Islaam'uroone...

Standard Somali. Maay is principally spoken by the Digil and Mirifle (Rahanweyn) clans in the southern areas of Somalia. Since Somali had long lost its...