External states like Ethiopia drive most pressure to restore Somali government.
Evidence
A significant indication of the force of the Somali desire for union with the Republic was that although the main strength of the Oromo people lay in Ethiopia, there was ‘no suggestion’ in the verbally recorded evidence, that Ethiopia had ‘any concern’ with the issue of the territory’s future status. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 475 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
In contrast to the devoted commitment to unification of Somalis in the two territories, the imperial government of Ethiopia was deeply unhappy about the implications such an outcome would have for the Somali territories it controlled. Consequently, it made its disapproval of the union known to the British government and even tried to convince the Soviet Union to use its veto power to block Somalia’s admission into the UN. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 481 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: European refugee pressures drove international support for a Somali centralized government; Contemporary Somalia faces combined tribal, regional, and global obstacles; Reported Somali desire for union was so strong Ethiopia was uninvolved — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 475 (+3 more)
Related
- Reported Somali desire for union was so strong Ethiopia was uninvolved (similarity 0.88)
- Ethiopia opposed Somali union and tried to block Somalia’s UN admission. (similarity 0.88)
- Ethiopia sought trusteeship over Somalia while publicly refusing to aid the SYL (similarity 0.85)
- Ethiopian revolution emboldened Somali hopes for the Ogaden (similarity 0.84)
- Shared revolutionary socialism could not bridge Ethiopian and Somali aims on the Ogaden (similarity 0.83)
- Further Pan-Somali unification collided with neighbouring states’ territorial interests (similarity 0.83)
- Bevin’s 1946 plan for Somali unification was opposed by Ethiopia (similarity 0.83)
- Italian reoccupation and Ethiopian claims broke nationalist momentum in the 1950s (similarity 0.82)
- Contemporary Somalia faces combined tribal, regional, and global obstacles (similarity 0.82)
- Ethiopian rule suppressed Somali nationalist expression in the Haud and Ogaden. (similarity 0.82)
- Ethiopia proposed Eritrea-style federation to absorb Somalis in the Horn (similarity 0.81)
- European refugee pressures drove international support for a Somali centralized government (similarity 0.81)
- African bodies proposed arbitration or federation instead of backing Somali unification. (similarity 0.81)
- Ethiopia was Somaliland’s only external friend. (similarity 0.81)
- European refugee politics motivated international pressure for Somali state formation. (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Reported Somali desire for union was so strong Ethiopia was uninvolved
#contradicts(0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 475 - European refugee pressures drove international support for a Somali centralized government
#expands(0.60) - Ethiopia opposed Somali union and tried to block Somalia’s UN admission.
#corroborates(0.60) — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 481 - Ethiopian meddling in Somalia revived Somali nationalism, culminating in the 1977 Ogaden war.
#contradicts(0.55) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 710 - Contemporary Somalia faces combined tribal, regional, and global obstacles
#qualifies(0.50) - Ethiopian rule suppressed Somali nationalist expression in the Haud and Ogaden.
#corroborates(0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 455