Sade (clan)

The Sade clan family includes the Marehan and the Facaayo. They live in Gedo and Ogadeen also the N.F.D.. The Marehan extended families are like most Somalis, Pastoral Nomads and also one of the most respected clan families of the Darod tribe.

In the last sixty years or so, many Marehan populated cities in Gedo and Mudug regions of central Somalia have become urbanized. After the civil war erupted 1991 in the Somali capital Mogadishu, many towns and villages have seen their populations multiply in number and some cities have grown as much as 400%. Abud Waq, Baardheere and Beled Hawo populations have increased considerably.

The name Sade comes from the eponymous ancestor, Ahmed bin Abdirahman Al Jaberti. The Dir tribe gave that name meaning the gifted. Facaye, one of the surviving sons of Sade, didn't multiply as much as Marehan. As many Somalis clans and families moved southward from northern regions for settlement areas which are suitable for grazing and fertile farming regions on the Shabelle and Jubba regions, Marehan and pockets of Dir continued to move together. These two tribes have been intermarrying for centuries. Some estimations give a third of Kismayo's population to various Marehan sub clans.

Facaye families are mostly found in Gedo region and the interior of Ogaden and Northern Frontier District of Kenya. A region mostly populated by Somalis for ages. Facaye families get enormous respect inside the larger Sade tribe. Surviving Facaye families live in Bardera area as well as the countryside.

References

• Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics : A report from the World Bank's site.