TheSomali Democratic Action Front (SODAF; Somali:Ururka Dhaqdhaqaaqa Dimuqraadiyada Soomaaliyeed) is the first politicalfaction of theSomali Rebellion.

Led by the former erstwhile and beloved mayor of Mogadishu,Omar Hassan Mohamud "Istarliin",^[1] it was the first primary opposition of theSiad Barre regime established in Rome in conclusion of meetings between 1974-1976 by exiled politicians who fled from regime reprisals after the execution of the former Minister of Defence GeneralSalaad Gabeyre Kediye accused of organising a counter coup.^[2]

Initially powerful both economically and diplomatically, following the end of the war with Ethiopia in the summer of 1978, SODAF had been invited to merge with the Somali Salvation Front (SSF) led by ColonelAbdullahi Yusuf and two other small parties to form theSomali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) with the approval and assistance of PresidentJomo Kenyatta and his vice-presidentDaniel Arap Moi before the SSDF moved to Ethiopia and set up a military base there.^{[citation needed]}

• Factions in the Somali Civil War

• All articles with unsourced statements
• Articles with unsourced statements from January 2023