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| Somaliland Arrests King Bur Madow For Attending Elder’s Crowning In Puntland |
| 2018-04-21 |
| [RADIOSHABELLE] The security forces of the northern breakaway region of Somaliland have detained a leading Somali traditional elder in the state’s capital, Hargeisa city on Thursday. King Osman Aw Mohamud, known as Boqor Burmadow has been enjugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! from a hotel in Hargeisa and taken to police custody last night at around 8:30 p.m. local time. Burmadow, who is an outspoken elder was detained day after attending the crowning of Beeldaaje Mohammed in Carmo, a small town in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... region. Speaking to the news hounds in Hargeisa, Somaliland Police front man, Feisal Hiis Dirie said the elder’s arrest came following a court warrant accusing him of Crimes against the State. |
| Posted by:Fred |