[7][8] Mahamed Abdi was born in the rural community of Hargaga, west of Las Anod in the Sool region.

[10] He chaired the United Somali Party (USP), a political organization created in 1991.

In January 1993 he attended a Somali civil war reconciliation conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

[2] In April 2019, Mahamed Abdi received a visit from Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni at his home in Nairobi, Kenya.

[19] Mahamed Abdi fell ill in Nairobi, Kenya, and died shortly thereafter on July 12, 2020.