Mandera Prison, also sometimes spelled as Mandhera or Mandheera Prison, is an isolated, high-security[1] central prison located in the town of Mandera in the Maroodi Jeex Region of the self-proclaimed nation of Somaliland, about 95 km (59 mi) northeast of the capital Hargeisa.[2] The prison has been in operation since Somaliland was still a British protectorate, and to this day functions as a major prison within the region.
There is a generally poor reception of the prison from those who have been inside in recent years, specifically guards mistreating inmates in some instances, and the deteriorating state of the building itself after years of continuous use. Furthermore, the prison in recent decades has grown to hold a disproportionate number of juvenile prisoners for minor crimes. Both domestic and foreign observers have condemned the prison for detaining journalists and non-ruling party politicians en masse, and for allowing executions.
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ManderaPrison, also sometimes spelled as Mandhera or Mandheera Prison, is an isolated, high-security central prison located in the town of Mandera in...
government. Operating from Ethiopian bases, commando units attacked ManderaPrison near Berbera and freed a group of northern dissidents. The assault liberated...
of Berbera; Sheikh Abdal, near the central prison of Mandera; Dubato; Dala, located east of Manderaprison; and Lasa-Da'awo. The genocide continued in...
southwest of Berbera; Sheikh Abdal, near the central ManderaPrison; Dubato; Dala, located east of ManderaPrison; and Lasa-Da'awo. The genocide continued in Berbera...
officers on the Rhamu-Mandera Road. Later on the same day, a suspected militant was killed by special forces in the Bambo area of Mandera County. 3 January...
government. On January 2, 1982, operating near Berbera, the group attacked ManderaPrison to free political prisoners while simultaneously raiding Cadaadle armory...
were). The report noted that the prisons were improving, due to UN supervision. Half of the 765 prisoners in ManderaPrison were detained on the orders of...
2 January 1983. Leading SNM fighters from Haud bases, he assaulted ManderaPrison near Berbera and released a group of Isaaq political prisoners. According...
cameraman Abdinasir Abdi Nour from ManderaPrison after they were arrested during the 11 August protests and sent to prison after being put on a reportedly...
pressure to pardon journalist Abdilmalik Muse Oldon after he is sent to ManderaPrison without trial for comments on Facebook he made in August. Somaliland's...
counter-insurgency operations in the Mt Elgon area and also in the district of Mandera central. In October 2011, following a weekend preparatory meeting between...
associated Mohamud with two separate Al-Shabaab attacks in 2014 in the Mandera area. On 4 April, Al-Shabaab issued a statement in English aimed at the...
counter-insurgency operations in the Mt Elgon area and also in the district of Mandera central. Kenya's armed forces, like many government institutions in the...
For example, on 25 October 2016, 12 people were killed in the town of Mandera by Al-Shabaab on a guest house that hosting a theatre group. It is hard...
across the country. The arid Northeastern Region, comprising Garissa, Mandera, and Wajir counties, planted over 300,000 trees on the national tree growing...
original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022. "Registered Voters per Prison" (PDF). IEBC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved...
24 May 2015. "Trouble in the North: As renewed clan fighting re-ignites Mandera, proxy wars wrack Garissa county". MA Vulture. 27 August 2014. Archived...
was attacked by unidentified assailants near the Kenyan-Somali border in Mandera. It is, however, unclear whether Al-Shabaab was behind the attack. On 28...
dead and several wounded by al-Shabaab militants in two ambushed buses in Mandera, Kenya near the border with Somalia. July 11 – A clash between Somali forces...
2017, the Somalia-based terrorist group Al-Shabaab carried out attacks in Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, and Lamu Counties and said it had targeted non-Muslims...
aircraft. 22 November After about 20 al-Shabaab members hijack a bus in Mandera, Kenya, and murder 28 of the people aboard who are non-Muslim and unable...
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