Clan revenue disputes over the Hargeisa airport destabilized Somaliland’s government

Evidence

Having been President of Somaliland since 1993 and Prime Minister of Somalia from 1967 to 1969, prior to Siyad’s coup, he was one of the last surviving civilian political leaders. His death naturally raised concern about Somaliland’s future. However, the leaders of both houses in the Hargeisa parliament voted to follow the constitution and immediately installed the vice-president, Dahir Riyaleh Kahin. This prompt move averted a potential constitutional crisis and brought to this office for the first time a politician of the Gadabursi (Dir) clan who was outside the incestuous world of Isaq leaders and, like Ismail ‘Omar Geelle in Djibouti, had the additional advantage of being a man who was in his fifties and represented the new generation. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 702 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

‘Abdulqassim, in turn, chose as prime minister Ali Khalif Galayd, an ‘intellectual’ who had served Siyad as a junior minister, but had fled the country hastily in the early 1980s amid accusations of financial impropriety. Having then migrated to America, Ali taught public administration for a time at Syracuse, his old university, while building up a highly successful telecommunications business, based in Dubai (a major centre for Somali commercial interests) and operating in eastern Somaliland and Puntland. While he thus brought many talents to his challenging new political position, since he belonged to the Dulbahante (Darod) clan in Las Anod, Somaliland, his appointment was bound to be viewed as a provocation by the Somaliland leaders. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 680 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Somaliland’s constitutional succession averted crisis after Igal’s death — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 702; Appointing a Somaliland-based Darod prime minister provoked that region’s leaders. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 680; The Borama deal let Igal rebuild Somaliland’s collapsed governmental structures within years

Related

• Somaliland’s constitutional succession averted crisis after Igal’s death (similarity 0.88)
• Appointing a Somaliland-based Darod prime minister provoked that region’s leaders. (similarity 0.84)
• Egal alleged Darod domination of senior posts in the North (similarity 0.80)
• The Arta-appointed prime minister’s origins guaranteed Somaliland and Puntland hostility (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The Borama deal let Igal rebuild Somaliland’s collapsed governmental structures within years #expands (0.40)
• Somaliland’s constitutional succession averted crisis after Igal’s death #contradicts (0.35) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 702
• Appointing a Somaliland-based Darod prime minister provoked that region’s leaders. #complicates (0.30) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 680