TIL the Somaliland war for independence culminated in a genocide where the communist Somali Democratic Republic perpetrated a genocide killing 50-200 thousand civilians.
TIL the Somaliland war for independence culminated in a genocide where the communist Somali Democratic Republic perpetrated a genocide killing 50-200 thousand civilians.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland_War_of_Independence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaaq_genocide
The Isaaq genocide, also known as the Hargeisa Holocaust is sometimes referred to as a "forgotten genocide".