Somaliland Declaration of Independence
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The Somaliland Declaration of Independence was made on 18 May 1991 by Somali sultans from the Isaaq, Dhulbahante, Issa, Gadabursi, Warsangali clans, as well as the Somali National Movement.
Garaad Abdiqani of the Dhulbahante who tabled the case for succession
The house where Somaliland's independence was declared 18 May 1991 in Burao.
The chairman of the Guurti announces the election results. Mohamed Ibrahim Egal is elected president by a substantial majority and Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah is declared vice-president.
Presidential decree ratifying the Somaliland constitution by Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
Dhulbahante
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The Dhulbahante is a Somali clan family, part of the Harti clan which itself belongs to the largest Somali clan-family — the Darod. They are the traditional inhabitants of the physiographic Nugaal in its topographic sense, and its pre-independence administrative sense, which included Doollo. The clan's progenitor is buried at Badweyn.
Grassland located in the Nugaal Valley.
Garaad Abdiqani who was the first to table the case for Somaliland's succession
Taleh, the Dervish capital.
Somaliland Camel Corps