According to The Price of Peace: Somalia and the United Nations 1991-1994, the Ajuuraan [Ajuran] are a subclan of the Hawiye (1994, Appendix, n.d.).

According to Ethnologue, in "Somalia (not Kenya) the Ajuran ethnic group speak a variety of Common Somali as mother tongue" (July 2002). For additional information on the Ajuran, please consult SOM17470.E of 30 May 1994.

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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Ethnologue. July 2002. "Garreh-Ajuran: A Language of Kenya." http://ww.ethnologueécom/show_language.as?code=GGH [Accessed 12 September 2002]

Gilkes, Patrick. September 1994. The Price of Peace: Somalia and the United Nations 1991-1994. Bedfordshire, UK: Save the Children Fund, UK.

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