Issa (clan)
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The Issa is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.
Issa man and woman in traditional attire (1844)
Issa Somali stands guard outside the abode of Ugaas Robleh Farah at Jaldessa
Issa herdsman armed with a spear and his dagger in the mountains of Arta
Issa Somali from the Ali Sabieh Region
Djibouti
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Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Ad
Issa (clan)
…Somali men were then taken to a different location and then executed by Ethiopian soldiers. Among the latter, those who fled to Dikhil and Ali Sabieh in Djibouti. The drought and hunger crisis of 1972-1973/74 intensified the conflicts. The Ethiopian army intervened against the Issa and in 1971/72 killed hundreds…
Geometric design pottery found in Asa Koma
The Hatshepsut Punt Relief depicting three men in Puntite dress bearing gifts
The Sultan of Adal (right) and his troops battling King Yagbea-Sion and his men depicted in Livre Des Merveilles
Drawing landscape of Lake Assal in 1841 by Johann Martin Bernatz.