Marred since the collapse of the central government, the political and geographical structure of the Somali republic has been heavily defamed. Staunch supporters of Unity reject the one-clan sponsored self-declared entity known as “Somaliland.” Taking advantage of the havoc following the downfall of the Siad Barre government in 1991, the inhabitants of Somalia’s two Northern regions in the North, Northwest and Togdheer, led by the Somali National Movement (SNM), a one-clan (the Isaaks) rebel movement, have been mobilizing to form a breakaway state they called ‘Somaliland’. Claiming that the borders of ‘Somaliland’ extends to regions that belong to other northern Somali clans families, who are against secession and are pro one-Somali State. They unilaterally declared that Awdal, Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn, with the last three abbreviated as SSC, as part and parcel of their ‘Somaliland’.
Long live Somalia: united, peaceful and prosperous!
