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	Somaliland Forum
		Somaliland wishes to live in peace and harmony with all its neighbours and when the people of Somalia build their own state, all the countries in the region, be they inhabited by ethnic Somalis or not, can and will look forward to peaceful coexistence and cooperation within the region and within the new African Union.
		Somaliland is a democratic, sovereign state with clearly delineated international colonial borders, which are in line with the OAU/AU Charter, a distinct population, and above all a functioning economy and a democratic government.
		The boundaries of Somaliland correspond to internationally delineated colonial borders and Somaliland endorses the African Union tenet relating to the inviolability of colonial frontiers.
	www.somalilandforum.com /slf/press_release/slf_mr-04-02-03.shtml (1131 words)

	Second World War Books: History Page
		Among provisions of the settlement was free Italian use of the railroad from Addis Ababa to French Somaliland and free access to the port of Djibouti.
		Also escaping from French to British territory were several hundred anti-Italian Abyssinian refugees armed and trained by the French; after crossing the border they were disarmed and their rifles destroyed by British authorities.
		French Somaliland had been effectively neutralized, thanks to events in Europe, but Italian naval forces were less successful in controlling the Red Sea.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/history/somaliland.shtml (4783 words)

	Djibouti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The remainder is formed by Europeans (mostly French and Italians), Arabs and Ethiopians.
		The presence of two different population groups was the cause of the civil war in the early 1990s.
		Although French and Arabic are the official languages, Somali and Afar are widely spoken.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Somaliland (936 words)

	History of SOMALIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The French region around Djibouti becomes formally known as the Côte Françcaise des Somalis (French Coast of the Somalis, commonly referred to in English as French Somaliland).
		Italy establishes protectorates along the coast eastwards beyond British Somaliland, and Italian companies acquire leases on parts of the east-facing Somali coast (where the landlord is the sultan of Zanzibar).
		Meanwhile French Somaliland is being blockaded by the allies.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad20 (1575 words)

	La Vie Diplomatique, 2
		French trade with Ethiopia passed mainly through the French Somaliland Protectorate, and was based for the most part on the Franco-Ethiopian railway, which ran from Addis Ababa to Jibuti, and was the only railway in the entire country.
		The French were also to the fore in the medical field, notably at Harar, which provided inter alia for the needs of French citizens resident in the nearby French Somaliland Protectorate.
		French culture was in the hands of the Alliance Française, which had established a school in Addis Ababa, as early as October 1907, and another, with 200 students, at Dire Dawa.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2004/09-01-04/La.htm (1971 words)

	Djibouti History
		It is the successor to French Somaliland (later called the French Territory of the Afars and Issas), which was created in the first half of the 19th century as a result of French interest in the Horn of Africa.
		Further exploration by Henri Lambert, French Consular Agent at Aden, and Captain Fleuriot de Langle led to a treaty of friendship and assistance between France and the sultans of Raheita, Tadjoura, and Gobaad, from whom the French purchased the anchorage of Obock (1862).
		This act entitled the region to representation by one deputy and one senator in the French Parliament, and one counselor in the French Union Assembly.
	www.multied.com /NationbyNation/Djibouti/history2.html (1464 words)

	Medals of the Republic of Djibouti (IEPE)
		Obok was formally annexed in 1883 and the danakil sultanate of Tadjoura was brought under a French protectorate in 1884, By 1887, French treaties had been concluded with most of the local rulers of the Gulf of Tadjoura.
		French dominance was established by 1888, and it became a French colony in May 1896, who then reconstituted the region as French Somaliland.
		French Somaliland was renamed the Territory of the Afars and Issas on 5 July 1967 and, on 27 June 1977, became the Republic of Djibouti.
	faculty.winthrop.edu /haynese/medals/djibouti.html (757 words)

	The World at War - French Empire Timeline 1940-45
		French territories in the West Indies would be kept out the hands of those Secretary of State Hull termed, "the so called Free French", until long after the Axis ended the charade of Vichy and occupied the whole of metropolitan France in the wake of the American landings in North Africa.
		French Somaliland - Free French troops enter the colony from Ethiopia and reach the outskirts of the capital, Djibouti.
		French troops are released from prisons and rearmed.
	worldatwar.net /timeline/france/empire40-45.html (8150 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tadjoura, one of the Sultanates on the Somali coast, sold the port of Obock and adjoining lands In 1862 to the French for 52,000 francs and in 1888 French Somaliland was established.
		Djibouti became the official capital of this French territory in 1892.
		The status of an overseas territory was granted to French Somaliland in 1946 and in 1958 it voted to become an overseas territorial member of the French Community under the Fifth Republic.
	www.arab.net /djibouti/di_french.htm (235 words)

	ipedia.com: Somaliland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Somaliland is a former British territory located in the northwest region of Somalia in the Horn of Africa.
		The prime minister of British Somaliland, Haji Ibrahim Egal, became a minister in the new republic of Somalia.
		It has become unclear to some Somalilanders as to where their president's alliances lie and to whether the president believes in the sovereignty of Somaliland and its people.
	www.ipedia.com /somaliland.html (444 words)

	SAGALLO - LoveToKnow Article on SAGALLO
		, a sma~l settlement on the north shore of the Gulf ef Tajura, French Somaliland.
		The presence of Achinov at Sagallo (where he occupied the fort, which he found deserted) was regarded by the French government as an invasion.
		On the 17th of February French warships appeared off the port, and an ultimatum was sent to Achinov calling on him to surrender, but without effect.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SAGALLO.htm (273 words)

	Eastern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1862, the French arrived, annexing Djibouti and the neighbouring area as the colony of French Somaliland.
		It was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and Issas in 1967.
		French and Arabic share the position of official language, Afar and Somali are spoken locally and some English is still used.
	www.gaminggeeks.org /Resources/KateMonk/Africa/Eastern/Djibouti.htm (257 words)

	French Colonial Empire - Introduction
		From its beginnings in the early 1600s through the great expansion of the late 19th century, the French overseas empire was formed more by the agencies and stimulation of the state, church, and armed forces than by the initiation of the business community.
		Foundations of a second French colonial empire were laid between 1830 and 1870, when Louis Philippe's forces penetrated Algeria and Napoleon III's seized Cochin China in Southeast Asia.
		French colonial imperialism survived World War I, but World War II led to its reorganization as the French Union, and finally to its dissolution — primarily as the result of the wars in Indochina and Algeria.
	www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/index.shtml (648 words)

	FRENCH - Online Information article about FRENCH
		But the value of the protectorate depends upon the carrying trade with Harrar and the supplying of victuals and coals to French warships.
		marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat.
		The transference of the seat of government to Jibuti in May 1896 and the building of the railway to Harrar gave the protectorate a stability which it had previously lacked.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FRA_GAE/FRENCH.html (1184 words)

	JIBUTI - LoveToKnow Article on JIBUTI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(DJIB0uTI), the chief port and capital of French Somaliland, in 11 35 N., 43 10 E. Jibuti is situated at the entrance to and on the southern shore of the Gulf of Tajura ut 150 m.
		The town is built on a horseshoeshaped peninsula partly consisting of mud fiats, which are spanned by causeways.
		Jibuti was founded by the French in 1888 in consequence of its superiority to Obok both in respect to harbour accommodation and in nearness to Harrar.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JI/JIBUTI.htm (314 words)

	Encyclopedia: Djibouti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital â€”; although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government.
		Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar.
		Somaliland (Somali: Soomaaliland) is a former British territory located in the northwest region of Somalia in the Horn of Africa.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Djibouti (2804 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| Africa - Djibouti
		Djibouti was formerly known as the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas.
		To this day, remnants of French rule are quite apparent in many established cultural areas including their legal and governmental systems as well as their monetary system.
		The area was ruled by the Vichy (French) government from the fall of France until December 1942.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/africa/djibouti.html (3095 words)

	AllRefer.com - Somalia : History : Independence and Its Aftermath (Somalia Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		In accordance with UN decisions, Italian Somaliland, renamed Somalia, was granted internal autonomy in 1956 and independence in 1960.
		Soon afterward, an insurgent group in N Somalia (the former British Somaliland) that had begun its rebellion in the 1980s announced it had seceded from the country and proclaimed itself the Somaliland Republic.
		The breakaway Somaliland Republic, although not recognized internationally, continued to maintain a stable existence, with Mohammed Ibrahim Egal (1993–2002) and Dahir Riyale Kahin (2002–) as presidents.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Somalia-history-independence-and-its-aftermath.html (915 words)

	Somaliland.Org
		After accepting at the beginning of this 14th conference that it is Somalia (and not Somaliland) which needed peace and a central government, the conference organisers and the international community were flmailed by the Somalian warlords into dragging Somaliland into their quagmire.
		Finally, Somalilanders have worked hard to establish peace in their land, which they achieved with very little support from outside and often in the face of clear hostility towards them by certain countries in the region and beyond.
		Somaliland is warning, however, that the support the international community gives to this Mark 2 Somalia Transitional Government may well bring chaos and war to Somaliland and the other parts of the Horn which are currently peaceful.
	www.somaliland.org /ns.asp?ID=04082600 (1608 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		French was first introduced into Burundi during World War I. In 1923, Belgium won a League of Nations mandate over Burundi and Rwanda.
		Today, French is the second language in primary school and the only language of instruction used in secondary schools.
		In 1946, a rebellion forced the French to grant self-government and in 1958, they became an autonomous republic within the French Community.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~myra/CentralAfrica.html (448 words)

	Middle East Report Online: Signpost in Somaliland’s Quest for Sovereignty, by Nathalie Peutz
		Somalilanders are frustrated by the lack of international recognition of the “peace and stability” in their country -- not to mention their claim of sovereignty.
		While the African Union refuses to acknowledge Somaliland’s “secession” from the former Somali Republic, Somalilanders have long argued that their current territory is nothing if not consistent with the colonial borders recognized for those five fateful days of post-colonial independence.
		The livestock trade, Somaliland’s major economic resource, has suffered from a seven-year Saudi ban, supposedly the result of an outbreak of Rift Valley fever, but interpreted by Somalilanders as a political boycott targeting their claim of independence.
	www.merip.org /mero/mero092805.html (2825 words)

	Djibouti page
		This territory has been known as French Somaliland and in the last years of the colonial regime was the French Territory of the Afars and Issas.
		It is a city state whose main importance is that it is a harbor at the mouth of the Red Sea and a French naval base for the Indian Ocean, comparable to Aden on the opposite side of the straits.
		Independence came in 1977 but the French are still there in force so that the government is regarded as something of a French puppet.
	www.angelfire.com /mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/africa/djibouti.html (383 words)

	Curious case of Somaliland - The Washington Times: Commentary - January 06, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Somaliland is not Somalia, but is a part of what used to be Somalia — and it may or may not be an independent country.
		Somaliland is on the Horn of Africa, surrounded by Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and the Gulf of Aden.
		Somaliland declared itself independent, and the rest of Somalia came under the control of various warlords.
	www.washtimes.com /commentary/20050105-083004-6885r.htm (854 words)

	ZUJI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The French were seeking to counterbalance the British presence in Aden on the other side of the Bab al-Mandab Strait and, after negotiating with the sultans for the right to settle, they bought the place for 10,000 thalers.
		In 1888 the French started building Djibouti City on the southern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura, a region that had mostly been settled by Somalis.
		A 60% vote for continued French rule in 1967 was achieved largely by the massive expulsion of ethnic Somalis and the arrest of opposition leaders, and caused serious riots in the capital.
	www.zuji.com /dest/guide/0,1277,ZUJIAU\|240\|856\|1,00.html (623 words)

	Djibouti
		The "description" of the flag is as ambiguous as the description of the French flag in the French Constitution.
		In 1946, the reform of the French overseas possessions made of the colony an overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer) called Territoire français des Afars et des Issas, which gained an autonomy status in 1957 and independence in 1977 as the Republic of Djibouti.
		Concerning the flag, the only possible flag except the French national flag could have been the colonial Governor's flag, that is a square blue field with the French national flag in canton and a swallow tail, used only during the colony period.
	www.fotw.net /flags/dj.html (1556 words)

	NEW IPRT PUBLICATION
		The Institute for Practical Research and Training and the International Community Development Foundation (ICDF) are pleased to announce the publication of "Somaliland" a book of photographs and essays on Somaliland by Barbara Euser and Patrick Lagès.
		The essays written by Barbara Euser of ICDF (in English and French) cover Somaliland's culture and history with emphasis on recent (1991-2001) political and social developments.
		In Somaliland the book can be obtained at the Business Technology Center (BTEC), Hassan Rakoub Building or from IPRT.
	www.iprt.org /new_iprt_publication.htm (182 words)

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