Current information on the Makahil subclan of the Ogaden [SOM27379.E]

In a 21 July 1997 telephone interview with the DIRB, an associate professor of African and Middle Eastern history specializing in Somali history and politics at Savannah State College in Savannah, Georgia, stated that the Makahil are a subclan of the Ogaden. This information was corroborated by a former professor of history and African studies professor at the University of Florida, Gainsville, now resident in Ottawa, in a 21 July 1997 telephone interview with the DIRB.

Information on the current situation of the Makahil and the availability of an internal flight alternative (IFA) could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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 attached the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

References


Associate professor of African and Middle Eastern History, Savannah State University, Georgia. Telephone interview.

Former history and African Studies professor at the University of Florida, Gainsville, now resident in Ottawa. 21 June 1997. Telephone interview.

Additional Sources Consulted


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

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. 1993-1997.

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

Human Rights Watch World Report. 1996, 1997.

Horn of Africa Bulletin [Uppsala]. Bimonthly.

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

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1996-1997.

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.

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On-line search on NEXIS database.

Two oral sources consulted did not provide information on the requested subject.