Samaali
Aabihii Dalka
France knew, by disenfranchising thousands of Somali's and by manipulating the demographics (bringing in shitloads of nomadic afar), they would maintain their influence over East Africa. They knew that a merger would mean losing control of such a powerful region in Africa since Somalia would refuse to follow orders especially with Barre in power.
"There were also allegations of widespread vote rigging. According to the UN, there was an inordinate number of invalid ballots in Somali districts, which it suggested implied that the plebiscite had been manipulated. The majority of those who had voted "no" were Somalis who were strongly in favour of joining a united Somalia, as had been proposed by Mahmoud Harbi (allah yerxamu), then Vice President of the Government Council."
Just goes to show that a united Somali state will forever be a threat to foreign powers.
"There were also allegations of widespread vote rigging. According to the UN, there was an inordinate number of invalid ballots in Somali districts, which it suggested implied that the plebiscite had been manipulated. The majority of those who had voted "no" were Somalis who were strongly in favour of joining a united Somalia, as had been proposed by Mahmoud Harbi (allah yerxamu), then Vice President of the Government Council."
Just goes to show that a united Somali state will forever be a threat to foreign powers.
