IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author): “Information on the Madigan clan, a minority clan that is unrelated to the Midgan-Madiban clan, including its location, prominent clan members, occupational activities, whether it speaks any distinguishable Somali dialects, and whether there is any information that links this clan to the Mahari, Reer Duud and Lojir clans [SOM28531.E]”, Document #1314700

Information on the Madigan clan, a minority clan that is unrelated to the Midgan-Madiban clan, including its location, prominent clan members, occupational activities, whether it speaks any distinguishable Somali dialects, and whether there is any information that links this clan to the Mahari, Reer Duud and Lojir clans [SOM28531.E]

Information on the Madigan clan could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential [London]. Weekly.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [London]. Monthly.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1996. 1997.

The Europa World Year Book 1996. 1996. 37th ed. Vol. 2. London: Europa Publications.

Gilkes, P.S. September 1994. The Price of Peace: Somalia and the United Nations 1991-1994. Bedfordshire, U.K.: Save the Children's Fund.

Horn of Africa Bulletin [Uppsala]. Bimonthly.

The Invention of Somalia. Edited by Ali Jamale Ahmed. 1995. Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press.

Lewis, I. M. 1994. Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society. Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press.

_____. 1988. Rev. ed. A Modern History of Somalia: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa. Boulder, Col.: Westview Press.

New African [London]. Monthly.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, Lexis/Nexis, Internet, World News Connection (WNC).

Three oral sources consulted did not provide information on the subject.

ecoi.net description:: Information on the Madigan clan, a minority clan that is unrelated to the Midgan-Madiban clan, including its location, prominent clan members, occupational activities, whether it speaks any distinguishable Somali dialects, and whether there is any information that links this clan to the Mahari, Reer Duud and Lojir clans [SOM28531.E]

Country:: Somalia
Source:: IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Published:: 29 January 1998
Document type:: Response
Language:: English
Document ID:: 1314700 (former ID 194854)