Wadajir, Mogadishu
Neighbourhood in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia
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Wadajir Neighbourhood (Somali: Wadajir, Muqdisho), also called Medina or Madina Neighbourhood[1] is a neighbourhood in the south-central Banaadir region of Somalia. A few southwestern neighborhoods of Mogadishu are located in this neighbourhood, as well as the Somali National University. Also the former US Embassy, now a refugee camp called Siliga Amerikanka (translated American fence/enclosure), and the former Jaalle Siyaad military academy, former used by the AMISOM sector of Brundian Military Contingent is situated in the neighbourhood.[1]
Ahmed Abdulle Afrah succeeded Ahmed Hassan Daaci as neighbourhood commissioner on 25 April 2014; Daaci had served for eight years.[2] Wadajir means together in Somali language.[3]
