Dokument #1287445
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The Director of Substance Abuse at the
Rocksberry Comprehensive Community Health Centre (during a
telephone interview with the IRBDC on 26 June 1990) reported that
the African Village is located in the Casa Populare sector of
Mogadishu. It is a modern apartment complex built in 1974 to
accommodate the delegates of the Organization of African Unity
(OAU) conference. After the departure of the OAU delegates, the
complex was open to government employees. The majority of the
tenants were Issaq because they occupied many professional and
semi-professional government positions. The source states that
since 1980, the number of Issaq tenants has sharply declined,
although there may still be some Issaq teachers and clerks employed
by the government. At present there are about four or five senior
government officials, compared with their higher representation
prior to 1976.
During a telephone interview on 25 June
1990, the President of the North Somali Association of Quebec
corroborates the above information but stated that after the
initial occupation of the African Village by Issaq government
employees, members of all the clans were known to have been
accommodated there.
A prominent member of the Somali Canadian
community in Toronto stated during a telephone interview on 25 June
1990, that the African Village is a residential area housing
government employees. He stated that although the majority of
residents initially were Issaq employees, he is unaware of the
nature of present tenants.
Corroborating information from published
sources is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.