Banadir resistance

Banadir resistance
Part of Italian Somali Wars, Scramble for Africa
Italians and Somali colonial troops fighting against the Bimaal at Danane.
Date 1890s–1908 Location Horn of Africa, southern Italian Somalia Result Italian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Italian Somalia	Bimal rebel forces Wa'daan rebel forces Geledi Rebels
Commanders and leaders
Giacomo Trevis X Gustavo Pesenti Antonino Di Giorgio Maurizio Talmone † Antonio Cecchi †	Sheikh Abdi Abikar Gafle Ma’alin Mursal Abdi Yusuf Haji ibrahim Gaashan

The Banadir resistance, also known as the Bimaal revolt, Merca revolt, or simply the Bimaal resistance, was a guerrilla war that lasted from the 1890s to 1908, opposing Italian colonial expansion in southern Somalia. The resistance was most active in the Lower Shebelle, Banadir and Middle Shebelle regions. Its intensity and significance have drawn comparisons to the Somali Dervish Movement.