November 1949. The SomaliYouthLeague (the main force in the country driving for independence) fiercely opposed the transfer of Somalia back to Italian...
The flag of Somalia (Somali: Calanka Soomaaliyeed, Arabic: ΨΉΩΩ Ψ§ΩΨ΅ΩΩ Ψ§Ω), also known as the Somali flag, was adopted on October 12, 1954, and was designed...
1951, the Somali Football Federation (SFF) was founded. The first Somali commissioner for sport was later established in 1958. Although the Somali national...
the first president of the Somali Republic from 1 July 1960 to 6 July 1967. He had previously served in the SomaliYouthLeague in 1944. In 1946, he was...
era its often traced back to the SomaliYouthLeague, a political organisation founded in 1943. The SomaliYouthLeague became one of the most influential...
culture of Somalia is an amalgamation of traditions in that were developed independently since the Proto-Somali era. The hypernym of the term Somali from a...
return of the Somali inhabited Haud reserved area to Somali administration from the Ethiopian Empire. A notable member of the SomaliYouthLeague, Mariano...
Abdirashid Shermarke, was Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 12 July 1960, to 14 June 1964, and President of Somali Republic from 6 July 1967, until his...
and supported Somali insurgents against Kenya. In 1946 the SomaliYouthLeague selected Harar as the future capital of Greater Somalia and subsequently...
Territory of Somalia. In 1950, he was imprisoned for six months for protesting for Somali independence. In 1944, Hussein joined the SomaliYouthLeague. He subsequently...
Socialist YouthLeague (Sweden), the youth organization of the Swedish Socialist Party SomaliYouthLeague, the first political party in Somalia SWAPO Party...
Daar, one of the leaders of the SomaliYouthLeague (SYL), who took office on 1 July 1960, the day on which Somalia was declared a republic. Since then...
The Somali people (Somali: Soomaalida, Osmanya: ππππππππ, Wadaad: Ψ³ΩΩΩ Ψ§ΩΩΨ―Ψ§Ωβ) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share...
African Campaign of World War II. The SomaliYouthLeague(SYL) formed in 1943 succeeded in uniting all Somali clans under its flag and led the country...
burgeoning, nationalist party of the SomaliYouth Club (which later changed its name to the SomaliYouthLeague). He served the SYL's head office in what...
Siyaasadeed oo laga furay Muqdisho". BBC News Somali (in Somali). 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2020-11-02. "Somalia sets up office to register political parties...
politician. He was a prominent SomaliYouthLeague (SYL) member and the first President of the Somali National Assembly during the Somali Republic's early civilian...
Italian Somalis (Italian: Italo-somali) are Somali-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated...
the turmoil of the war years, Issa joined the SomaliYouthLeague (SYL) at its onset. He typified the Somali political elite of the period, as he was "young...
abandonment and decay during the Somali Civil War. The mayor is not elected, but is appointed by the President of Somalia. The mayor also holds the title...
The Darod (Somali: Daarood, Arabic: Ψ―Ψ§Ψ±ΩΨ―) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan was Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known...