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The Somali National Movement (Somali: Dhaqdhaqaaqa Wadaniga Soomaaliyeed, Arabic: الحركة الوطنية الصومالية) was one of the first and most important organized guerilla groups and Mujahideen [4] groups that opposed the Siad Barre regime in the 1980s to the 1990s, as well as being the main anti-government faction during the Somaliland War of Independence. [5]
[22] [25] An SNM fighter who partook in the Hargeisa offensive described Somali troops dropping their uniforms on the ground and fleeing. [22] The SNM encountered stiff resistance from the Somalian Army as they surrounded Radio Hargeisa's headquarters. [22] The Somalian army units withdrew to Hargeisa Airport and the hills east of the city. [25]
The Somaliland War of Independence [32] [33] (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaaliland, lit. 'Somaliland Liberation War') was a rebellion waged by the Somali National Movement (SNM) against the ruling military junta in Somalia led by General Siad Barre lasting from its founding on 6 April 1981 and ended on 18 May 1991 when the SNM declared what was then northern Somalia independent as the ...
Mohamed Kahin Ahmed (Somali: Maxamed Kaahin Axmed) is a Somaliland politician and former military officer of the Somali National Movement Ahmed silaanyo the chairman of (SNM )appointed Mohamed kaahin SNM Commander-in-Chief of the Army, in April 1988. He is currently serving as the Minister of Interior of Somaliland since December
Between 1985 and 1987, the SNM conducted many attacks on government facilities and troops based out of camps in Ethiopia. By 1988, the SNM moved out of their camps in Ethiopia and began operating in northern Somali republic, the area now known as Somaliland. [2] They even temporarily occupied the provincial capitals of Burao and Hargeysa.
Ibrahim Degaweyne (Somali: Ibraahim Cabdilaahi Xuseen (Dhagaweyne), Ibraahin C/laahi Xuseen Dhego Wayne) is a Colonel of Somali National Movement (SNM). He is said to have never lost a battle. [1] Degaweyne confronted the Somaliland government over control of Berbera shortly after Somaliland regained independence.
Hassan would go on to serve as the first vice-chairman of the SNM. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] After the SNM's successful overthrowing of the Barre regime and the establishment of the republic of Somaliland in 1991, Hassan was among the selected cabinet of Ministers of the Tuur government.
The Somaliland Peace Process refers to the series of grassroot initiatives that brought peace to Somaliland after the collapse of central government of Somalia. [1] In conjunction with the Somali National Movement, communities in Somaliland (formerly British Somaliland) negotiated a series of truces to end hostilities and address the grievances between the communities who were often on ...