Northern MPs split into two factions, deadening their unified voice on the union

Evidence

Finally, the breakup of the Northern MPs into two political camps, one led by Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal that allied itself with Abdullahi Issa and his group and another group of at least fifteen members, including Jama Abdillahi Qalib, Ahmed Haji Dualeh, Abdi Hassan Booni, and Ali Garad Jama, who aligned themselves with the opposition, made a unified Northern position on the union act moot. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 530

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 530
• XREF: connects to: Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122

Broader Connections

• Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122