Throughout Surviving Black Hawk Down, a figure known as Mohamed Farrah Aidid is referenced several times, with his life and role in the Somali Civil War being touched on. Interviewees mention that ...

Mohamed Farrah Aidid was one of Somalia's most dangerous and aggressive warlords. He was instrumental in the overthrow of communist dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. After the ouster of Barre ...

U.S. forces, attempting to bring down Somali National Alliance (SNA) Leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid, embarked on a mission in the capital city of Mogadishu to capture some of Aidid’s top aides.

Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid demanded Monday an immediate end to the United Nations operation in Somalia and withdrawal of all foreign forces. In his first public statement since arriving ...

As Somalis struggle to interpret the implications of America’s peace offer to fugitive warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, demand for the once-ubiquitous automatic weapons has soared as those who had ...

The story of the Italians who fought their way out of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's complex ambush in July 1993 is one of incredible bravery and perseverance. "Black Hawk Down," both the book and ...

Though Black Hawk Down is a fictionalized account of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, the real American soldiers and Somalis who survived the deadly crash have their own harrowing tales to tell.

With its assault on Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the UN has taken a big step toward filling its new and uncomfortable role of world policeman. The UN operation in Somalia (UNOSOM-II ...

Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid freed 14 foreigners who had been held captive by his forces in Baidoa and let them fly to Nairobi, Kenya. The group included two Americans. Two planes carrying ...

However, warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and his Somalia National Alliance (SNA) militia attacked peacekeeping forces, disrupting the supply chain and killing troops. "An estimated 80 percent of the ...

loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a rogue paramilitary clan leader of the United Somalia Congress. What few Americans realize is the massive humanitarian aid effort U.S. service members were engaged ...

and Somali militiamen loyal to General Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The battle was part of the broader Somalian civil war, which had been raging since 1991. The United Nations had initially become ...