The four-powers commission visited Mogadishu in 1948 over Somalia’s fate.

Evidence

During the fateful year of 1948 much of the action took place in Mogadishu. Sharmarkee was transferred to Mogadishu in early 1947 and immediately elected to the party’s central committee. Hussen moved to Mogadishu at the end of the year for advanced training for his job. Within a few weeks of Hussen’s arrival in Mogadishu the four-powers commission, which was to decide on the future of the former Italian colony, came to the city to hear the opinion of the Somali people and learn their preference for a new colonial master. Hussen was caught up in the struggle between the proliberation and pro-Italian forces during the commission’s visit. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 215

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• The 1948 four-powers commission sought Somali preference on colonial rule (similarity 0.95)
• The Four-Power Commission heard 756 representatives but excluded Mogadishu (similarity 0.82)