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Axmed Maxamed Yuusuf ‘Jabane’
waa aqoon yahan ( ku dhashay meel ku dhow Oodwayne 1952) kaas oo ka qayb galay
abaabulka hawlo iskaa wax- u-qabso ah oo loogu talagalay in lagu caawiyo dadka reer
Hargaysa sannadkii 1981, taas oo markii dambe keentay in la xidho isla sannadkaas.
Markii la xidhayay wuxuu ahaa macallin dugsi sare oo ka hawl gala magaalada Hargaysa.
Intaan la xidhin ka hor waxay isaga iyo Maxamed Baaruud wada qoreen wargeys la odhan
jiray Uffo si loo abuuro wacyi-galin ku saabsan caddaalad darrada ballaadhan ee xilligaa
jirtay. Axmed ‘Jabane’ xilligaa waxa lagu xukumay xabsi daa’in waxaanu xidhnaa muddo
8 sanno ah.
Axmed Yuusuf wuxuu waxbarashadiisa ka baxay Dugsiga sare ee Farsamada Gacanta ee
Hargeisa 1971kii, kadiban wuxuu ka qalinjabiyey kulliyadda waxbarashada ee Lafoole
sanadkii 1976 oo ka qaatay shahaadada koowaad ee Fiisikiska iyo Xisaabta. Axmed Yuusuf
wuxuu magangalyo siyaasadeed ka helay dalka Kanada (Canada) wuxuuna dhawaan ku
soo laabtay magaalada Hargeysa.
Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf ‘Jabane’
is an intellectual (born outside Odweine 1952) who organized self-help schemes for the
people of Hargeisa in 1981, which led to his arrest the same year. He was a secondary
school teacher in Hargeisa at the time. Before his arrest he wrote a newsletter called Uffo
(together with his friend Mohamed Barud Ali) to inform people of the injustices that were
taking place at the time. He was sentenced to life in prison and was imprisoned for eight
years.
Ahmed Yusuf completed his higher education at the Hargeisa Technical School in 1971
and graduated from Lafole College of Education in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in physics
and mathematics. Ahmed Yusuf was granted political asylum in Canada. He recently
returned to Hargeisa.