The Somali people are not only in Somalia

I am from the northern region of Somalia- what the secessionists otherwise call “Somaliland”. Unlike the rest of African countries below the Sahara, Somalia is inhabited by one people sharing the same religion, culture, language and origin. The Somali people are not only in Somalia but also in Eastern Ethiopia (the Ogaden), Djibouti and Northern Frontier District of Kenya (NFD).Before Europeans and Ethiopia carved up the Somali homeland in the Horn into five parts, there was no such a thing as British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Ethiopian Somaliland and NFD. There were only free Somali clans in the Horn. Those clans in former British Somaliland also belonged to clans across the artificial colonial border. Hence they were not an entity having separate cultural, language religious or legal roots that separated them from the rest but only an artificial creation of the British.When British colonial era ended in 1960, the two former European colonial entities- British and Italian Somaliland- immediately united to become the United Somali Republic or Somalia as it is mostly known, an indication of the desire for union among the peoples separated by colonial rule for nearly a hundred years.For the information of the pro-Somaliland lobbyists, only one clan among the five clans in former British Somaliland supports secession. If every disgruntled clan or tribe were to be given self-determination, there will be no African state given their fragility. Those who are vying for Somalia’s break-up are only digging the grave for many other African countries. Our neighbours, Ethiopia and Kenya, are the ones to lose most. Don’t play with fire lest you burn yourselfTerror Free Somalia Foundation Vote for Limit to Submission best somali documentaries of 2008still very relevant today. Al Shabaab and their arab Wahhabi backers present a great danger for Somalia ..The Enemy WithinLimit to Submission (Somali Documentary 1980) part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTuvwgWmow Somali -Ethio conflict and it starts from the early daysLimit to Submission (Somali Documentary 1980) Part 1
Africa: New Challenges But Strong Commitment on U.S. Africa Policy, Says Carsonhttp://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/2009/06/africa-new-challenges-but-strong.html
Washington Hearing: Committee on Foreign Affairs http://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/2009/06/washington-hearing-committee-on-foreign.html
State Department’s Greg Garland Discusses Somalia http://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/2009/06/state-departments-greg-garland.html