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3 unusual facts about Ethiopian Somali Democratic League


Ethiopian Somali Democratic League

The ESDL was formed in 1994 through the merger of ten clan-based political parties from the region, including the Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front, at a meeting in Hurso.

Asnake Kefale Adegehe reports he learned from sources in Jijiga that Iid Tahir Farah, the Regional president, avoided convening regular sessions of the regional parliament out of fear that, were the parliament allowed to meet, that body would have sacked him and his cabinet.

Abdi Ismail Samatar (2004): "Ethiopian Federalism: Autonomy versus Control in the Somali Region".



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