Italian carabinieri raided SYL headquarters and forced the party from its offices in 1952.

Evidence

On August 3, 1952, Italian carabinieri raided SYL headquarters and searched the residences of Abdullahi Issa and Sheikh Issa Mohamed, two senior CC members. Two days later, the administration told the party to vacate its headquarters by prematurely canceling its rental contract without any basis. The contract was signed in 1947. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1244