Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow

{{Short description|Somali general and politician (died 2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

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| image = Waafow (cropped).jpg

| death_date = {{Death date|2022|07|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Merca, Somalia

| honorific_prefix = General

| honorific_suffix = MP

| 1blankname = Offices held

| 1namedata = {{Plainlist|

• Mayor of Merca
• Member of Parliament

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Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow (died 27 July 2022) was a Somali general and politician who served in the 8th Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia in the 2000s.{{Cite web |last=Rage |first=Jihadudin |date=21 May 2018 |title=Members of the 8th Parliament |url=https://gsh.parliament.gov.so/index.php/baarlamaanka/taariikh/8-baarlamaanka-menu |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=Federal Parliament of Somalia |language=en-gb}} A member of the Bimaal clan, Waafow later became the mayor (district commissioner) of the southern city of Merca in the Lower Shabelle region, a position he would hold until his assassination.{{Cite web |last=Dhaysane |first=Mohamed |date=27 July 2022 |title=Bombings in Somalia Kill at Least 20 |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/bombings-in-somalia-kill-at-least-18/6675695.html |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=26 October 2020 |title=How a community driven approach is achieving peace at a Somali town with USAID support |url=https://hornobserver.com:443/articles/613/How-a-community-driven-approach-is-achieving-peace-at-a-Somali-town-with-USAID-support |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=Horn Observer |language=English}}

On 27 July 2022, Waafow was killed when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber ran up to him and detonated while Waafow was giving a speech outside an administrative office in Merca.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=27 July 2022 |title=Nine Killed In Somalia Suicide Bombing |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/nine-killed-in-somalia-suicide-bombing-police-01658920808 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=Barron's |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=28 July 2022 |title=Deadly suicide bombing hits southern Somalia |url=https://www.thekampalareport.com/latest/africa/2022072817533/deadly-suicide-bombing-hits-southern-somalia.html |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=The Kampala Report |language=en-US}} Around twenty other people were also killed, mainly Waafow's advisors and security personnel. Waafow was targeted by al-Shabaab due to his support for AMISOM peacekeepers in Lower Shabelle.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=27 July 2022 |title=Top Somali regional official among 11 killed in suicide blast |url=https://somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/top-somali-regional-official-among-11-killed-in-suicide-blast/ |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=Somali Guardian |language=en-US}}