SANAAG: locals attack secessionist militia agents

[General Duke]

Skirmish

 

Fighting was reported early Wednesday morning in Awr-bogeys village, in disputed Sanaag region.

 

Local sources reported that a gunfight erupted after Somaliland officials brought voter-registration materials to the village, with pro-Puntland native militia reportedly attacking a house where the Somaliland officials stayed.

 

Conflicting reports emerged following the battle, with unconfirmed reports saying local militias burned one of the Somaliland armed trucks.

 

The Somaliland officials were led by a politician from the native clan in Sanaag, named Hayran Hagar Dirir, local sources said.

 

Somaliland’s separatist government claims legality over Sanaag region under colonial-era boundaries. Efforts to bring Somaliland election boxes to disputed Sool and Sanaag regions have been met with violent opposition from locals.

 

Neighboring Puntland, a relatively stable self-governing region within Somalia, claims ownership over Sool and Sanaag due to kinship ties to the native clans.

 

Politicians and traditional elders from the disputed regions are mainly in Garowe, the capital of Puntland, where they participated at the peaceful parliamentary vote on Jan. 8 that brought President Abdirahman Mohamed “Farole” to power.

[Som@li]

These secessionists don't give up, and want to disturb the peace region, it was reccent that all the clan leaders of this region completely rejeccted this absurd idea to dismember Somaia , Belo baa wada!