Sool, Sanaag and Cayn

proper noun

An administration in northern Somalia formed by the reer darawiish in 2009, subsequently called the Khatumo State (2012–2017), and then Waqooyi Bari.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An administration in northern Somalia formed by the reer darawiish in 2009, subsequently called the Khatumo State (2012–2017), and then Waqooyi Bari.

    This resulted in a meeting in Nairobi in 2009 during which the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) administration was established.

    2019, Omar S. Mahmood, “Overlapping claims by Somaliland and Puntland”, in East Africa Report, volume 2019, number 27, Institute for Security Studies, →ISSN, page 6
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    Just south of the Warsangeli, the Dhulbahante set up the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) administration in 2009. This was succeeded by the Khaatumo State of Somalia, founded in the Dhulbahante territories in January 2012.

    2017, Markus Virgil Hoehne, “The Rupture of Territoriality”, in Christian Lund, Michael Eilenberg, editors, Rule and Rupture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 197

    For many years Lasanod, the capital of the Sool region of northern Somalia, has been claimed by competing authorities—the Somaliland, Puntland, Khaatumo and Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) administrations.

    2021, Ahmed M. Musa, “Lasanod: City at the margins”, in XCEPT (Cross-Border Conflict Evidence/Policy/Trends), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, page 7
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