Ahmed Abdi Godane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Leader of Harakat Al-Shabaab Mujahideen, Somali insurgent group
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Place of Birth: Hargeisa
About Ahmed Abdi Godane
- Ahmed Abdi Godane (Somali: Axmed Cabdi Godane; Arabic: ???? ???? ??????; 10 July 1977 – 1 September 2014), also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was the Emir (leader) of Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group based in Somalia with ties to Al Qaeda.
- Godane, who received training and fought in Afghanistan, was designated by the United States as a terrorist.
- He succeeded Mukhtar Robow who had held the position for several months after Aden Ayro's death.
- He was killed in a U.S.
- drone strike on 1 September 2014 in southern Somalia.
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