Somali troops returning from Burma service in WWII offered a transport route north

Evidence

But since there was no direct transport route from Mogadishu to Jigjiga he caught a ride with returning Northern Somali soldiers who had been fighting for the British in Burma. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 210

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Connects to British colonial recruitment of Somalis and the broader Horn of Africa role in WWII.