......"Today the nephew of Siad Barre, Farmajo, Somalia president is
beating the drums of same slogan “The sovereignty and the territorial
Integrity of Somalia is sacred” ;Samatar
- The Somaliland people gained their independence June 26, 1960
from the British Colony, and five days letter July 1, 1960 joined
Somalia in search of the "Greater Somalia. The main reason why Somaliland people joined Somalia and scarified
their nationhood was driven by the Pan African nationalism movement in
1950s and 1960s against the European colonizers, to unite the Somali
ethnic separated by the boundaries created by Italy, England and
France. Somaliland was the only country which rejected the boundaries
created and put between the Somali people by the European colonizers.
In return the Somaliland
people were cheated off their independence and nationhood, instead of
fair power sharing Somalia leaders took most important government
positions, like presidency and premiership, late Aden Abdule Osman was
elected president and Abdirashid Sharmarke was nominated prime minister
both from Somalia , where non essential cabinet positions were given
to Somaliland leaders late Muhamad Haji Ibrahim Egal who was leading
the Somaliland delegation was nominated defense minister of Somalia
while his colleagues took non important positions.
There was widespread
of distortion, discrimination and injustice against Somaliland military
officer by Italy trained Somalia police officer who had no clue of
military task, which lead to aborted military coup against Somalia by
Somaliland Military officers in 1961, which was the beginning of
Somaliland people struggle to reclaim the lost nationhood and
independence.
In the beginning 1980s until 1991 Somalia late dictator Siad
Barre executed and buried in mass graves as many as 200, 000 men, women
and children in retaliation against the SNM, Somali National Movement,
formed by elite Somaliland military officers, including current
Somaliland president Muse Bihi to topple the dictatorial regime of
Barre. Which led to the ouster of Siad military regime and declaration
and re-claim of Somaliland independence lost in 1960 for a doobie Great
Somalia.The Somaliland people were killed and massacred by
Somalia government of Siad Barre, in the name of “The sovereignty and
the territorial Integrity of Somalia is sacred”
Today the nephew of Siad Barre, Farmajo, Somalia president is
beating the drums of same slogan “The sovereignty and the territorial
Integrity of Somalia is sacred” with the help of Turkish government
training, re-building his military infrastructure and personnel to wage
a proxy war against Somaliland from Puntland, which militia and
federal forces begun massing near the border of Tukaraq, Somaliland, to
sabotage the DP World, Somaliland and Ethiopia joint agreement to
develop and invest Port Barbara of Somaliland located in an strategic
location of Gulf of Aden, which Turkey is eyeing to take control
of like Moqdisho port and Air port to limit the access of the Arab world
to the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea and African trade , particularly the
massive Ethiopian customer .The Somaliland people’s freedom, democracy
and independence didn’t came on silver plate, but came with heave
price of sacrifice and shed of blood.
Somalia/Puntland is claiming borders regions of Somaliland
like Sool and Sanaag, because of clan affiliation, but the irony is
Somalia/Puntland doesn’t claim parts/border regions of Ethiopia and
Kenya because of clan affiliation since both sides of the borders are
inhabited by same Somali clan.The international community must grant Somaliland recognition
and it’s right place of UN member instead of awarding the corrupted
and failed state of Somalia until she ready to wage a proxy war
against Somaliland and destabilize the Horn of Africa?
According to UN and AU Charter and definition to become a
nation, a country must have
have an internationally recognized boundaries created by an
European colonizers, and also had gained independence from
that particular colonizer. Somaliland should have been granted its right of nationhood
from the day the people of Somaliland declared their withdrawal from
the union from Somalia. So many countries/nations in
the world united and became one nation and when the marriage didn’t work
went their own separate way. Egypt and Syria were united and then went
their own separate way when the union failed to work.
Eritrea is a nation today, because it
had been colonized separately from the rest of Ethiopia. And if
the Oromo nation were colonized separately from the rest of Ethiopia,
Oromia would have been a nation today, the largest ethnic group of
Ethiopia, ten times larger than the Eritrea population . Fortunately the
Ethiopian Federal Government adopted Federal system which allows all
Ethiopian nationalities to be self-governed.Eritrea is also a nation
today, because the Ethiopia Federal Government
acknowledged the international law, and handed Eritrea its independence,
instead of choosing the continuation of bloodshed between the
two brotherly people.
There are 193 counties in the world that are member states of
the United Nations. The citizens of the 193 countries or nations
gained their independence from a foreign occupier or own tyranny after a
bloody war and struggle for freedom and independence which led to
a territorial claim, membership and a seat at the United Nations. Even
though most the citizens of nations enjoy and relish their hard
earned freedom and independence, some think they were better off under
foreign occupier instead of own tyranny and dictators who are killing
and committing atrocities against innocent civilians and dissidents of a
particular ethnic, clan or religion in the name of sovereignty and
territorial integrity, a license and permission from UN.
The Kurdish people are denied their right to be a nation
simply, because the Kurdish territory was divided by the colonizer, as
one part went to Iraq colonizer, another part went Iran colonizer, and
more parts went Syria and Turkey. The Kurdish people are not Turkish,
Arabs nor Persians, but those countries refused to accept the uniqueness
of these people/Kurdish and refused to grant them nationhood and
independence because their argument is based on the boundaries that were
left behind by the colonizers. And simply because the Kurdish
territory was not colonized by a particular European country, neither the UN nor any an other
international organization recognizes the nationhood of the Kurdish
people. Where on the other hand Somaliland who meets the conditions to
be nation is denied its right to be a nation.
The Assad regime of Syria and his allies are committing
crimes against humanities, wisely using their UN license, membership and
permission from UN. Turkey, Iraq and Syria are also killing innocent
Kurdish people and freedom fighters by exploiting their UN credential.
The Myanmar regime is an other UN member committing crimes against
humanities against the Rohingya people simply for being Muslim and non
Hindu. The perpetrators who have committed crimes against humanity in
any country or above listed countries will not be held accountable,
because”The sovereignty and the territorial Integrity of X or Y country
is sacred” is a UN license and permission to kill and commit genocide.
In conclusion the International Community, AU, Arab
League, EU and UN must send AU or UN peace keepers between Somaliland
and Somalia borders to safe lives and keep the peace and the stability
of the HORN of Africa and Gulf of Aden until the two parties reach an
agreement to choose their future and goal in the presence of the
International Community.
Mohamud Aden Samatar
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