Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis

Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis (English: Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast) was a nationalist organization, and later a guerrilla group, in the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in present-day Djibouti.

History

The FLCS was established in 1960 by Mahamoud Harbi. Its founding president was Adan Abdulle.[1] FLCS began armed activities inside Djibouti in 1968.[2] The organization mainly drew its support from the Issa clan.[3] Abdourahman Ahmed Hassan, also known as Gaboode, was made the Secretary General in 1966 after serving a two year prison sentence. [4]

The FLCS' military struggle was actively supported by the government of Somalia.[3] The group also received assistance from the OAU as a national liberation movement. In the 1971-1972 period, the FLCS received 1500 pounds sterling from the OAU, 0.14% of the total amount donated by the body to different African liberation movements at the time.[5]

References

  1. ↑ La Nation
  2. ↑ Abir, Mordechai. Oil, power and politics : conflict in Arabia, the Red Sea and the Gulf. London: Cass, 1974. p. 144
  3. 1 2 Barrington, Lowell W. (ed.). After independence : making and protecting the nation in postcolonial & postcommunist states. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 2006. p. 117-118
  4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=b9drQ9YeLxcC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=abdourahman+djibouti+independence&source=bl&ots=Wip51hOr_y&sig=fD36EV3NO3WYimgPPCsycvdW7uk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAWoVChMI1a73hqqGyAIVy1oeCh0pGQBf#v=onepage&q=abdourahman%20djibouti%20independence&f=false
  5. ↑ Gonidec, Pierre François. African Politics. The Hague: Matinus Nijhoff, 1981. p. 272


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