Chronicles of the Past

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Islamic Madrasa built 100 years ago in the city of Harar by the late renowned Somali scholar Sheikh Ali Suufi

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Not only did the courageous Somali girl disarm the invader, but she also brought the prisoner in front of wslf commanders, who praised her for her bravery and sacrifice.

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#1977 A Brave Somali Daughter escorting a captured Abyssinian invader to the Wslf military base in Ogaden region

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The photo's context is that an armed Ethiopian soldier who came across the girl and her child threatened to kill them both if she did not provide him with information about the enemy's whereabouts.

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WSLF Secretary General Abdullahi Hassan Mahmoud giving an interview to the Western Media in 1977 asserting that Somalia 🇸🇴 has liberated 80% of it’s occupied territory before the aftermath of the WarPac foreign intervention. [2]

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WSLF Secretary General Abdullahi Hassan Mahmoud giving an interview to the Western Media in 1977 asserting that Somalia 🇸🇴 has liberated 80% of it’s occupied territory before the aftermath of the WarPac foreign intervention. [1]

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Abdullahi Hassan Mahmoud the Secretary General of the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) pictured in his office in Mogadishu.

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Somalia’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Ambassador Abdikarim Aw Ali Omar presenting his credentials to president George H.W. Bush in 1989.

🇸🇴 🇺🇸 #Somalihistory #WhiteHouse

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A British explorer by the name of Colonel Swayne had been shown aftermaths of this war that were still visible years later.

Battle of #Salul Ime Ethiopia 1890

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After Harar had been captured and Menelik II had declared his sovereignty over the Horn of Africa, Abyssinian troops under Ras Makonnen had been sent to the Ogaden who which shortly after suffered a grievous defeat of 5000 at the hands of the Reer Amadin

#ForgottenSomaliHistory

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Video of Col. Muhumed Jamaa Caamir instructing the Somali National Airforce at the Balidogle Airfield in 1977.

Fun fact: Col. Muhumed's grandfather Caamir was one of the first Dervishes martyred in Somalia during the British colonial air bombardment in 1920.

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Declassified conversation between Dr. Hussein Qaasim & Henry Kissinger.

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Dr. Hussein Abdulkadir Kassim, Somalia's previous acting Foreign Minister and Minister of Minerals and Water Resources.

“I try to take care of the interests of my country and do so without fanfare.”
- Hussein Abdulkadir Kassim

#SomaliaAt61 #Somalia

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Official regions of the Somali Democratic Republic in 1983. #Somalia

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From left to right starting with the one in the blue shirt stands former defense minister General Aden Abdullahi Nur (Gabyow), former police commissioner @SoPoliceForce General Aden Abdi Dualle (Kuukaay), and the one wearing the dark glasses Maxbuub Xasan Cabaade.

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Colonel Yusuf Dheere Maxamed Sugaal the WSLF founding father.

• Col. Yusuf Dheere received his education and training in Syria before returning to Somalia in 1973.

• Col. Yusuf dheere was born in the Ogaden region's town of Dhanaan.

#Somalihistory

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The 9th mayor of Banadir, Hon. Yusuf Ibrahim Ali (Abuuraas), gives an interview in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1980.

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a photography studio in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1984. Some of the photographs on the wall depict Somali celebrities from that era. #VintageSomalia

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Injured War veteran Hassan Turki being carried by his comrades in the 1964 war (Nasrullah Front).

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Mogadishu: 1963 the year the constitution for the Nasrullah front was created by Prof Ibrahim Hashi Mohamud رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عليه

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The Nasrullah front was the beginning of a Somali resistance against colonial powers following the end of the dervish state era. Nasrullah inspired groups such as the #ONLF to take up arms against the occupying Ethiopian empire.