Tag Archives: Hawiye

Somalia’s clans and its power vacuum

December 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Clashes on 1 December in Somalia’s central region of Galgaduud have cost the lives of 26 people. Two rival clans, disputing over the distribution of land and water, are responsible for the casualties. The clan system is Somalia’s form of … read more »

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Tribalism: Somalia and Somaliland’s political disease

December 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By: Allin Nuh HARGEISA  – Looking back at Somalia in the 1960′s tribes was influential but no way near as influential as it is today. The big tribes, Hawiye and Darod, were always going for Presidency in Somalia simply because … read more »

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Somalia: On the Centralist- Federalist Debate

November 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Muktar M. Omer Rash moments and regret Sometimes we impulsively legitimize hateful words: hardliner, sectarian, clanist, Islamist, anarchist. At times, we utilize these words quite idly, at other times whimsically. We cock it and unleash it against opinions we … read more »

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Somaliland: A country that does not exist

November 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

From as far back as the 1960’s, the people of Northern Somalia (Somaliland) have always felt marginalised by the rest of Somalia, preferably South-Central Somalia. Some would say it’s because South-Central Somalia had the more dominant tribe of Somalia, Hawiye … read more »

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