Somali National Movement

E382749

insurgent organization political organization rebel movement

The Somali National Movement was a key rebel organization that opposed Siad Barre’s regime and played a major role in the collapse of the Somali state and the emergence of Somaliland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Somali National Movement canonical	4
Somali National Movement armed forces	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	insurgent organization ⓘ political organization ⓘ rebel movement ⓘ
accusedOf	human rights abuses ⓘ
activeInTerritory	Somaliland ⓘ northern Somalia ⓘ
alliedWith	Somali Patriotic Movement ⓘ United Somali Congress ⓘ
armedStrugglePeriod	1981–1991 ⓘ
conflict	Somali Civil War ⓘ
consequenceOfActivities	mass displacement in northern Somalia ⓘ
contributedTo	declaration of independence of Somaliland in 1991 ⓘ
country	Somalia ⓘ
demobilization	early 1990s ⓘ
dissolvedIn	1990s ⓘ
ethnicBase	Isaaq clan ⓘ
foundedBy	Somali exiles ⓘ
foundedIn	1981 ⓘ
foundedInLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
headquarters	Hargeisa ⓘ
historicalSignificance	pivotal in formation of de facto state of Somaliland ⓘ
ideology	Somali nationalism ⓘ anti-dictatorship ⓘ
involvedIn	insurgency against Somali Democratic Republic ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Somali ⓘ
militaryWing	Somali National Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Somali National Movement armed forces
notableLeader	Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur ⓘ Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo ⓘ Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur ⓘ surface form: Hassan Isse Jama
notableOperation	Burao fighting ⓘ surface form: 1988 Burao offensive 1988 Hargeisa offensive ⓘ
opposedBy	Somali National Army ⓘ
opposedRegime	Siad Barre ⓘ surface form: Siad Barre government
opposedTo	Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ⓘ
participatedIn	1991 Burao conference ⓘ 1993 Borama conference ⓘ
politicalWing	SNM central committee ⓘ
primaryObjective	greater autonomy for northern Somalia ⓘ overthrow of Siad Barre regime ⓘ
recognizedBy	none as sovereign authority at time of struggle ⓘ
roleInEvent	key role in emergence of Somaliland ⓘ major role in collapse of Somali state in 1991 ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successorOrganization	Government of Somaliland ⓘ surface form: Somaliland government
supportedBy	Ethiopia ⓘ
transformedInto	Somaliland political leadership structures ⓘ
victimOf	Somali government aerial bombardment of Hargeisa in 1988 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somali Civil War → hasParticipant → Somali National Movement ⓘ

Somali National Movement → militaryWing → Somali National Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somali National Movement armed forces

Somaliland War of Independence → mainBelligerent → Somali National Movement ⓘ

Somaliland War of Independence → keyOrganization → Somali National Movement ⓘ

Somali Patriotic Movement → opposedOrganization → Somali National Movement ⓘ