Information on Ali Shido Abdi is limited among the sources consulted by the DIRB. Please note the variants in spelling Ali Shido Abdi among the different sources consulted.

According to The Christian Science Monitor, Ali Shido Abdi was chairman of Manifesto, which it describes as "the only civilian group that opposed Barre ... " (19 Feb. 1991). This report does not mention whether Ali Shido Abdi was a former ambassador.

Amnesty International included an Ali Shiddo Abdi, described as a former ambassador to France and Saudi Arabia, in a list of Manifesto prisoners of conscience who were later acquitted and released (AI 16 July 1990, 1).

For additional information on the Manifesto group, please consult the attached the December 1990 article from The Christian Science Monitor and the report from the Manchester Guardian Weekly. The Christian Science Monitor refers to Manifesto's leader as Haji Ali Shido, "an ambassador under a previous government ... ", as does the Manchester Guardian Weekly, which spells his name as Hagi Ali Shido (31 Dec. 1990; 6 Jan. 1991).

For information on a Somali ambassador named Ali Shido Abdi, please consult Response to Information Request SOM21836.E of 21 September 1995 which is available at Regional Documentation Centres.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Amnesty International (AI). 16 July 1990. Urgent Action: Somalia: Fear of Death Sentences for Prisoners of Conscience. (AI Index: AFR 52/30/90). London: Amnesty International.

The Christian Science Monitor [Boston]. 19 February 1991. Robert M. Press. "Somalia Tries to Pick up the Postwar Pieces." (NEXIS)

_____. 31 December 1990. Robert M. Press. "Somali Dissidents Detail Government Wrongdoings." (NEXIS)

Manchester Guardian Weekly. 6 January 1991. Jeane Helene. "Barre's Clan Seeks to Keep Power in Somalia." (NEXIS)

Amnesty International (AI). 16 July 1990. Urgent Action: Somalia: Fear of Death Sentences for Prisoners of Conscience. (AI Index: AFR 52/30/90). London: Amnesty International.

The Christian Science Monitor [Boston]. 31 December 1990. Robert M. Press. "Somali Dissidents Detail Government Wrongdoings." (NEXIS)

Manchester Guardian Weekly. 6 January 1991. Jeane Helene. "Barre's Clan Seeks to Keep Power in Somalia." (NEXIS)