Banadir resistance

Banadir resistance
	; Italians and Somali colonial troops fighting against the Bimaal at Danane.
Date	1888–1924
Location	Horn of Africa, southern Italian Somalia
Result	Italian victory; Insurgency suppressed
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Bimali rebel forces; Wa'daan rebel forces
Commanders and leaders
Giacomo Trevis Lieutenant Gustavo Pesenti	Sheikh Abdi Abikar Gaafle Ma’alin Mursal Abdi Yusuf Haji ibrahim Gaashan
Casualties and losses
~10,000	Unknown

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 1924, opposing Italian colonial expansion in southern Somalia.The Biyamaal resistance and their sieges of Merca, and the Italian authority's retribution, continued unabated for many years. It was heightened when, in November 1896, while on a pleasure trip, Consul Antonio Cecchi, the Societá del Benadir administrator and also the de facto governor of Southern Somaliland, and his lieutenants, were ambushed at Lafoole, a small village a few kilometres from Afgooye, south of Muqdisho, by Wa'daan and Biyamaal fighters, who killed 14 of them, including Cecchi.

Originating primarily from the Bimaal clan, 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.