Akisho  The 'wardey (Somali: "wardey", Arabic: اكشو) is a northern,easter,western Somali clan, a sub-division of the A Darood clan family. As a Darood Harti sub-clan, the wardey have immediate lineal ties with ogadeen, the jidwaaq, the absame, the marexan (who the sade darood also belong too), the leelkase, the xawadlet(the hari darood sub-clan to be precise as they claim descent from Darood), kablalax, other Darood sub-clans and they have lineal ties with the majeerten{ mahamud saleban ,ali saleban , sawakhroon, bicidyan (, Dhulbahante {jamac Siyad,hayaag,}, , warsangali,{cumar,dubays} murcase {dishiishle, akishe ,tiinle, gabtanle, magan labe,} clan groups, who share the same ancestor harti. Akisho members are predominantly adherents of Sunni Islam. Akisho groups and their related clans are reputed to have migrated from Somali Ethiopian region all the way up North as far as the country Chad, the Sudan, and Northern Eritrea are said to be inhabited by Akisho and many Darood tribes. The Warre prefix in front of many Akisho clan names is Oromo language, means "the clan of" or reer (Waa-Reer) in proper Somali. There are also Akisho Oromo that has similar names. For example, the Warre Miyo are referred to Reer Miiyo in Somali as well found in Akisho oromo, but Warre Miyo in Ethiopia. Other clans related to the Aksihe are dishiishle , tiinle, gaabtaane, maganlaabe living in east Somalia and yemen, oman In terms of subsistence patterns, the Akisho are mainly camel herders, agro-pastoralists, supplementing their cattle herding with cereal cultivation. The Akisho inhabit both the Somaliland region of Somalia and Ethiopia in Samali region. In Somaliland, Akishe members live in the Woqooyi Galbeed Province, Hargeisa, Arabsiyo, Wajaale, Ala’ibaday, and Gabiley.