Somalia: Information on whether members of the Darod clan, Dulbahante subclan, Darjireh sub subclan remain in Hargeisa area of Somaliland
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SOM26015.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Somalia: Information on whether members of the Darod clan, Dulbahante subclan, Darjireh sub subclan remain in Hargeisa area of Somaliland, 1 January 1997, SOM26015.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab7758.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Specific information on the Darjireh sub subclan of the Dulbahante subclan of the Darod Clan could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
An historian at Savannah State College in Savanah, Georgia, who specializes in Somalia, provided the following general information on the situation of the Dulbahante in northern Somalia, during a telephone interview with the DIRB (9 Jan. 1997). The professor stated that the Dulbahante are mainly located in northeastern Somalia, in Sanaag, Nugal, and Sool but they are mainly concentrated in Bari (ibid.). He explained that because the Dulbahnate belong to the Darod major clan in the south, the majority of them stand for a united Somalia and only a few of them support the secession of Somaliland (ibid.). However, he further stated, some Dulbahante are represented in the government of Somaliland as cabinent members and ministers (ibid.). According to this source, the inclusion of the Dulbahante was a political move calculated to give legitimacy to the of government Somaliland (ibid.). He stated that the new political structure of the south excludes Isaaks but includes Darods (ibid). Corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Historian at Savannah State College, Savannah, Georgia. 9 January 1997. Telephone interview with the DIRB.