User:Spf Wadani

The Somali Patriotic Front SPF (Wadani) (Front patriotique somalien, FPS) is a political party in somalia. Led by Chairman Shiriye Othee Gaab, the party has no loyalty to any tribe but to the country itself and aims to Unite somalia and restore peace and unity. On 1 October 2014 due to the dire security situation and unending Civil War the Somali Patriotic front was formed. Despite not being aligned with any tribe the SPF Wadani has However manamged to have a foot in all of somalia without the need to be acknowledged as a party  ,

Khaled Abdi was asked to return in 2014 from his studies in the South Africa to take over the SPF. Thereafter the SPF resorted to a step by step focus on unity, focussing on the south and north and centre areas,gaining political influence of much of the north of the country in 2016. Eventually negotiations was brokered by the SPF Wadani and the Somali government to bring back somaliland and stop the tension with puntland. Resulting in SPF personnel and other refugees being allowed to return to the country.

The SPF peacefull victory on the north was complete on 4 June 2017 and the rest of the country is currently under preparations. In october 2016 Shiriye othee gaab was elected chairman of the SPF thus replacing Khaled abdi and became chairman of the party in November  2016 and  SPF's Gen Mohamed Samatar(******)was installed as President of the Armed wing of the political party In December 2016 while appointed Vice chairman. The SPF Wadani is split into a political division which is the SPF Wadani, and a military one, called the Somali Patriotic Army SPA.

Since elected chairman of the SPF Wadani Shiriye immediately formed a coalition with several smaller parties, The coalition won 69 seats in the 2016 parliamentary elections. the 2016 parliamentary elections saw the SPF-led coalition win 69 seats.