Dokument #1279100
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
In a 26 January 1998 telephone interview
with the Research Directorate, an associate professor of African
and Middle Eastern history specializing in Somali history and
politics at Savannah State college in Savannah, Georgia, stated
that Ahmed Suleman Abdulle (Dafleh), the Dulbahante former head of
the National Security Service, has been living in Eritrea since the
fall of the late Siad Barre.
This information was corroborated by a
professor of African history who specializes in Somali politics, at
Rutgers University in another telephone interview with the Research
Directorate (27 January 1998). The professor explained that Ahmed
Suleman Abdulle lives in Eritrea in the port town of Assab near the
Afar coast. He further explained that the Eritrean government gave
Abdulle asylum because the government of Siad Barre was "very
helpful" to the Eritreans during their 30-year struggle against the
Ethiopian governments. He added, however, that the government does
not allow him to settle in the capital Asmara because this may
jeopardize the "lukewarm" relationship existing between Eritrea and
Somalia (ibid.).
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Associate professor of African and
Middle Easterm history, Savannah State College, Georgia. 26 January
1998. Telephone interview.
Professor of African history, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ. 27 January 1998. Telephone
interview.