Garbahare

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==History== During the Middle Ages, Garbahare and its surrounding area were part of the Ajuran Empire that governed much of southern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia, with its domain extending from Hobyo in the north, to Qelafo in the west, and Kismayo in the south.<ref name="Cassanelli">Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900'', (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.102.</ref>

In the early modern period, the Garbahare area was ruled by the Geledi Sultanate. The kingdom was eventually incorporated into the Italian Somaliland protectorate in 1910 after the death of its last Sultan Osman Ahmed in 1910.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cassanelli|first=Lee Vincent|title=The Benaadir Past: Essays in Southern Somali History|publisher=University Microfilms International|year=1973|page=149|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JytqAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> After independence in 1960, the city became the capital of Gedo region.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dool |first=Abdullahi |title=Failed States: When Governance Goes Wrong! |date=1998 |publisher=Horn Heritage Publications |isbn=0952524198 |pages=106–107}}</ref>

==Insecurity of the 1990s== During much of the 1990s, the city of Garbahare was the seat of the Somali National Front militia in the early days of the civil war. Facing pressure from the local population, the militia left.

By early 2001, Garbahare came under the control of the Transitional National Government.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101218085649/http://ocha-eth.org/Archive/DownloadableReports/hoa0201.pdf "Horn of Africa, Monthly Review, January - February 2001"]}} (accessed 24 February 2009)</ref> All activities shifted to Luuq and Beled Haawo, and Garbahare had a new role in the region. Neighboring regions such as NFD welcomed the new leadership, as a safer Gedo is also good for the neighboring regions in Kenya and Ethiopia.

During the 2009 phase of the civil war, al-Shabaab militants captured the city, but were pushed out in 2011 by government forces commanded by Nur Matan Abdi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wadaag |first=La |date=2011-05-03 |title=At Least 26 Killed in Garbaharey, Somalia Clashes |url=https://www.voasomali.com/a/at-least-26-killed-in-somalia-clashes-121172519/1252485.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Voice of America |language=so}}</ref>

== See also == *Amiir Nuur Secondary

== Notes == {{reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Gedo {{Somalia-geo-stub}}