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    The third reason is the government's human rights record. For example, in 1981, a group of intellectuals in Hargeisa attempted to renovate the city's hospital as a community self-help project, with the support of a German NGO; they were sentenced to lengthy prison terms. The solidarity exhibited for this group by the entire population of the city, and particularly by students who demonstrated in the streets of Hargeisa during their trial in February 1982, was forcibly suppressed by the military police. Five people were killed during the demonstration and hundreds of others were arrested. Many subsequently gave their support to the SNM rebels. After peace accords were signed by Presidents Mengistu and Siad Barre in April 1988, the SNM took action and launched a massive attack on the cities of Burao and Hargeisa. The government responded with mass executions, heavy artillery bombardment and aerial bombings. The refugees who were attempting to flee the combat by heading for the Ethiopian border were not spared from the bombing. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) counted 400,000 Somali refugees in Ethiopia following these events.

    The SNM was itself involved in numerous human rights violations and committed atrocities, as evidenced by massacres of non-Isaaq families. The targeted populations did not forget the toll taken. According to Gersony's report, the SNM "killed unarmed civilians in individual instances which together may have resulted in the deaths of at least several hundred or more persons." These killings occurred "when neither resistance to these actions nor danger to the SNM was present" (Gersony Aug. 1989, 60-65).

    3.  CURRENT SITUATION

    In February 1991 the SNM (Isaaq) army conducted "mopping-up operations" in the Awdal region that took the lives of more than 130 people and forced hundreds of thousands of others into exile (Radio of the Somali National Movement 5 Feb. 1991; Africa Research Bulletin 1-28 Feb. 1991, 10026; INCS-UK Apr. 1991, 71-72). In March 1991, fighting occurred between the SNM and the Gadabursi near the Ethiopian border, and conflicts erupted between the SNM and the Issa near the Djibouti border (New African May 1991, 12). In April 1991, a conference of the northern communities, organized by the SNM, resulted in the appointment of a constituent assembly comprised of 45 Isaaq, 35 Darood, 20 Gadabursi and 5 Issa. The official goal of the assembly is to draw up a constitution, form a government and organize elections to be held in 1993 (The Indian Ocean Newsletter 25 May 1991). The SNM announced that Abdirahman Ahmed Ali, known as Abdirahman Tour, had been appointed president of the North (Africa Research Bulletin 1-31 May 1991, 10142), and also announced the formation of a new government composed of two Dulbahante, two Gadabursi, one Warsengele and thirteen Isaaq (The Indian Ocean Newsletter 8 June 1991; Le Monde 8 June 1991). Another source, however, reports that there is one member of the Issa clan in this government (Africa Confidential 14 June 1991). Since shortly after the declaration of independence of the North in May 1991 the situation, which had been somewhat promising when the new state was formed, has steadily deteriorated.

     

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    All I am saying, the numbers are exaggerated  extremely by politicians these days, the truth is far different, and yet who are responsible for all these deaths? there was a dictator in power, and very dumb separatists who started war in their own home town

    I agree the whole population of Hargaisa and Burco, was less than 500K, majority of them fled to Ethiopia

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    15 hours ago, Arafaat said:

    Cuqdadan ah Somali ayaa no tashatay, is perhaps the first and most important of false narratives that have been propagated. sending mediocre players to the field that are loosing the political game, doesn’t mean that anyone is there to get you. It just means you need to come with a better game. 

    When we used to debate secessionist back then, they used to say, 50K were killed, you can even see videos from early 2000s

    The actual report from Rukiya Omaar ,Raage's older sister, who was working for agency late 1980s to early 1990s, , was about 5K, 

    Now , 50K is not big enough, and they say it was 500K

    It is changing everyday

    Many innocent died in last 30 years of Somali civil war, but to program the youth, with very inaccurate info,  has hidden agenda, it is possible now, those propagating , hatred, cuqdad, are not actual Somalis, but Ethiopians,  it suits them

    Somalis must have a real reconciliations conference, no under estimate or over estimate, no lies, just truths,  what actually happened? it is hard to get REAL truth with so much misinformation, over the years, that if you keep telling lies lies , it forms  its own life, and imagination, and is part of not healing, trauma,  some real and false trauma

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    2 minutes ago, Xaaji Xunjuf said:

    The war has began  Abdinaasiir  rag baddan ba u dhiman doona and his death will be avenged  oo  walanweyn ah oo  Somaliland hadda ku nool.  Anti walanweyn sentiment already have began in Somaliland main cities now..    Warar badan baydu maqli doontan the next coming days..

    Insha Allah, justice will be served, the suspect is under arrest

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    2 hours ago, Xaaji Xunjuf said:

    Nonsense  Ethiopia it doesn’t serve them to annex anything they will get 50 year lease and after that lease another 50 years and after that another, they pay some money for it . Why look for headache conflict annexation while u can have it . Makes no sense at all . There is even on the table that they can build a separate port. This what the Ethiopians have suggested not sure if biixi accepted a port they co own with sl and can have. A majority share in it .  Where they annually just give a revenue of 300 million to Somaliland and they can have a discount of almost 1,8 billion dollar which they pay for jabuuti  now this I also heard this  . Not sure if it will materialise as  muuse will press then to use berbera port where they can have. 20 percent share still much cheaper then jabuuti since sl economy isn’t based on port revenues since oil is being drillled  next year 

    If we follow your logic, and believe this nothing but foreign investment, which is normal, why in the world, they want 99 years ? what is the talk about generations on Ethiopian side? what is the talk of needing sea access by force?

    what is the celebration on Ethiopia? why is this a secret? why did Ethiopia not able to full fill and utilise Berbera , on their 19% deal? Forget bout Mogadishu, where are community from this region protesting? are they all idiots?

    why give more while Berbera is still under utilised?

    Ethiopia wants to use disgruntled communities, as Trojan horse.