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Bookmark or Share- Isaaq genocide - WikipediaThe Isaaq genocide (Somali: Xasuuqii beesha Isaaq, Arabic: الإبادة الجماعية لقبيلة إسحاق), also known as the Hargeisa holocaust, was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide of Isaaq civilians between 1987 and 1989 by the Somali Democratic Republic, under the dictatorship of Siad Barre, during the Somaliland War of ...
- Isaaq | people | BritannicaIsaaq. Daarood. Dir. Somali, people of Africa occupying all of Somalia, a strip of Djibouti, the southern Ethiopian region of Ogaden, and part of northwestern Kenya. Except for the arid coastal area in the north, the Somalis occupy true nomad regions of plains, coarse grass, and streams.
- In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten GenocideBombing missions and ground troops attacks killed more than 40,000 people. Burao, the third largest city in Somalia at the time and the second principal city in northern Somalia, was razed. The relentless violence against Isaaq civilians in 1988 resulted in the world's largest refugee crisis.
- Somalia (Isaaq genocide) | Genocide Studies Program - Yale UniversitySomalia (Isaaq genocide) Between 1960 and 1991, the government of Somalia killed hundreds of thousands of people in the region known as Somaliland in norhteast Somalia. Most belonged to the Isaaq ethnic group, the predominant identiy group in the area.
- Isaaq Genocide InstituteThe tragic Isaaq genocide, which unfolded in the late 1980s in Somalia, highlighted the urgent need to address the heinous crimes committed against the Isaaq clan and to ensure that such acts of violence are never repeated.
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