ISSA GURGURE FRONT GURGURE DISTRICT DIRA DHAWE

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XILIBAAN XASAN ISAAQ YACQUUB (GEESCADE) BEESHA REER AWSACIID



Wasaaradda Dhaqan-celinta iyo Tababarada Maleeshiyooyinka Xasan Isaaq Yacquub (Dir/Reer Awsaciid









The Ethiopian representative in charge of Somali affairs, Abdi'aziz Ahmad (Gurgura)



Cabdi Muxumad Somali Poet



Baxsan



Faynus sheikh Dahir



Shanta Subise



Ugaaz Gadiid Cabdullahi Buux of Gurgure and Dira Dhawe region



GLF (Gurgura Liberation Front) led by Abdelasis Ahmed









Gurgura









1. gurgur (Som) carry or transport things one by one



2. gurgura, gurguraa (O) merchandise, shop; gurgura BO-W: 'to sell' O: 'to bargain



3. gurguru (O) to trade, to sell, /figuratively:/ to cheat;



4. Chief Elder of the Gurgura tribe in 1965 was Ugaz Bah.



5. Gurgura, name of a Nole tribe of the eastern Oromo



6. The Gurgura west of Dire Dawa



7. Gurgura, cf Dire Dawa, Isa & Gurgura ..



8. Gurgura sub-district (centre in 1964 = D. Dawa) 09/41 [Ad n]



9. (-1964-1997-)



10. Gurgura was an administrative district also in the early 1930s,



with centre at Dire Dawa in that time. [Zervos 1936]



1. "gurgura," (to sell)









2. With regard to the name of Dire Dawa called "land of remedy".









3. The Gurgura speak both Somali and Oromo languages. The IDPs



Maanguudo by the oromo's and Afar muslins. Maan(wisdom) Guudo (high).









 Gurgura along with their brothrs Alele



 Biyo Gurgura –warre Gurgure









 Gurgura is one of the four woredas in the chartered city of Dire Dawa in Ethiopia. Towns in Gurgura include Melka Jebdu.









 Gurgure "ganacsade" businessman. Sidoo kalena Oromada ayaa istacmasha magacas. Somalidana wexey u isticmaalan gadashada sida marka aan dhahno "Gurgurtan"ama gorgortan. Zeila- Harrar Oromo call them Warre Gurgura and their land Biya Gurgura





















 The Dir origin of the Isaaq and Warre Kiyyo among Jabril Abokor Bah Khadiijo Gurgure.Habar Je'lo BAIDO + NABIDOOR Aubarre and Auboba are Gurgura - of the NAbidur branch. The Gurgra still inhabit the north west Somaliland region (Ijara, Gebile, etyc.)















 Gurguras who named the city the place that "Dir conquered or hit with his spear" Dira Dhawe. Ethiopia which it imports through Dire Dawa. Dire Dawa (dirrir dhaba) is a Somali name which simply means "a place of fighting". Magalada Diraa Dhabe (ama meeshii uu Dir Waranka ku dhuftay(Dhabey) qarnigii 1400









 Finally, the Issas and other Somali groups followed into the region and the Christian Amharas referred the region to as "Oow-raajaa na Issa na Gurgura" or the region of the Gurguras and the Issas.















 Traditional Somali dagger is clearly visible on the hips of every grown up Somali man who reached at the age of manhood. The traditional dagger mounted on the hip is known as "Golxob".















 The Itu and Ala had made an alliance against what are today the Noole. The Noole were being destroyed by the new arrivals (Itu and Ala).









city of Dire Dawa



Dire Dawa. Dire Dawa (dirrir dhaba) is a Somali name which simply means "a place of fighting"."adaree" or hadaari in arabic means simply "city people".









Gurgura is one of the four woredas in the chartered city of Dire Dawa in Ethiopia. Towns in Gurgura include Melka Jebdu.



Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 116,250, of whom 58,004 were males and 58,246 were females; 14,250 or 12.26% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the average for entire chartered city of 74.4. With an estimated area of 1,195.52 square kilometers, Gurgura has an estimated population density of 97.2 people per square kilometer, which is less than the average for the entire chartered city of 328.[1]









The city of Dire Dawa (commonly known as Dirri Daba by the Somalis), which translated means “the real & true land”, is the capital of the Dire Dawa Administrative Council, a semi-autonomous city administration. It is an enclave surrounded mainly by the Shinile zone of the Somali National Regional State (SNRS). It is also the seat of the Shinile zonal administration; one of the nine zones the SNRS is composed of. Until recently (or prior to 1991), the City of Dire Dawa has been under the jurisdiction of the Gurgura district of the then Issa and Gurgura province. Geographically, it is located within the Great Rift Valley region.



























gurgure :1 habar daar



2 gouwaax and libaan



gouwaax : gacal waaq; nibidoor; biciida



liban ; goufaatile; saancheeleh ;sanaaya



habardaar: kuun dhibleh ; ali and abdilleh









The Gurgure are divided into two major groups:Habar Daar, Quwaax and Liiban who are made of many sub-clans including:









'GURGURE Habar Daar, Quwaax and Liiban'









QUWAAH



• Nabidoor



• Gacal Waaq



• Baiido



LIIBAAN



• Gufaatiile



• Sanceele



• Sanaye



HABAR DAAR



• Kunduuble



• Cali



• Cabdille



 GADABURSI-Bah-Sanayo(Idris,Hawaday,and Rooble)















Gurgura Independence Front



Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front



Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front (IGLF) was a political faction in eastern Ethiopia, led by Riyaale Ahmed. IGLF, which is based amongst the Issa clan in northern Hararghe, evolved out of the Iil Tire division of the Western Somali Liberation Front. During its initial period of existence, it engaged in clashes with the Somali National Movement around the Ethiopia-Somalia border.









Around 1992 IGLF was involved in clashes with the dominant Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). During this period IGLF sabotaged the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway.









However, later IGLF reconciled with the government. In 1993 it took part in the formation the government of the Somali Region, together with the Ogaden National Liberation Front. Mahdi Ahmed became the secretary of the government.









In 1994 IGLF merged into the Ethiopian Somali Democratic League, the EPRDF partner in the Somali region.









January 1993: The founding conference of the council for Region 5 began 21 January. The executive committee members elected Abdullahi Muhammed Sa=di President, Siyad Badri Muhammed Vice President, and Mahdi Ahmad Warsameh Secretary. The president and vice president are from the ONLF and Warsameh is of the Isa and Gurgura Liberation Front.





















12 February 1994: Ten Ethiopian Somali organizations merged to form the Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL).















Elsewhere in eastern Ethiopia, the TGE experienced problems with the Isa and Gurgura Liberation Front (IGLF). On October 4, 1991, clashes between government forces and IGLF rebels resulted in the temporary closure of the Addis Ababa- Djibouti railroad near Dire Dawa and the disruption of trade between the two countries. The fighting also disrupted famine relief distribution to nearly 1 million refugees in eastern Ethiopia. By early 1992, the IGLF still had refused to recognize the EPRDF's right to maintain security in the Isa-populated area around Dire Dawa. By 1993, nonetheless, improved conditions allowed the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad to operate on a fairly regular basis.















Bordode/Mieso



http://www.africa.upenn.edu/eue_web/jijigmay.htm









The Horyaal Democratic Party was founded by the Dir Gadabursi clan; their area of influence straddles the Somaliland border and incorporated the Dire Dawa, Jijiga and the Awbar zones.















On 9 February 1994, at a meeting in Hurso near Dire-Dawa a new political party called the Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL) was founded. This party claims to represent the objectives and needs of the Ethiopian-Somali people; giving particular attention to and observing the cultural and traditional practices of the people; and giving due regard to the local constitution (Heer).









This new party aims to develop a stronger link with the Transitional Government in accordance with Article 9, Title 6 of the ESDL constitution which states: " I am fed up of my father and my father brought me his father! " states a Somali proverb. (Posted by guest: shalac) (Posted by guest: sahal)



GLF (Gurgura Liberation Front) led by Abdelasis Ahmed; HDP (Horiyal Democratic Party), from the WSLF (Western Somali Liberation Front), led by Abdi Ismail and representing the Gadabursi; the IGLF (Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front), headed by Riyaale Ahmed, which, since a split in 1991, only defends Issa interests (essentially the control of the Djibouti-Ethiopian railway line).









The pro-government ESDL which hope to become part of the EPRDF is headed by current Transport minister Abdulmejid Hussein (Issa Habar Awal). It has 76 of the 139 seats in the Regional Council and 15 of the Somali Region's 23 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives, as well as the two seats for the autonomous city of Dire Dawa.









However, later IGLF reconciled with the government. In 1993 it took part in the formation the government of the Somali Region, together with the Ogaden National Liberation Front. Mahdi Ahmed became the secretary of the government.



In 1994 IGLF merged into the Ethiopian Somali Democratic League, the EPRDF partner in the Somali region.















THE ETHIOPIAN SOMALI POLITICAL PARTIES ETHIOPIAN SOMALI DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE









 The pro-government ESDL which hope to become part of the EPRDF is headed by current Transport minister Abdulmejid Hussein (Issa Habar Awal). It has 76 of the 139 seats in the Regional Council and 15 of the Somali Region's 23 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives, as well as the two seats for the autonomous city of Dire Dawa. Though it has little support among the Ogaden, the ESDL is backed by the northern clans, the Issaq, Dir (Issa, Gadabursi, Gurgure) and the non-Ogaden Darod (Bartire, Yabare, Mejertein, Dhulbahante).















The ESDL was set up in February 1994 by merging some dozen Somali political and clan groups, including









 DAL (Democratic Action League) led by Mohamed Shek Ibrahim, representing Ethiopian Issas Dir









 ESDM (Ethiopian Somali Democratic Movement), close to the SNM (Somali National Movement) of Somaliland









 and very divided; GLF (Gurgura Liberation Front) led by Abdelasis Ahmed(Dir);









 HDP (Horiyal Democratic Party), from the WSLF (Western Somali Liberation Front), led by Abdi Ismail and representing the Gadabursi Dir









 IGLF (Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front), headed by Riyaale Ahmed, which, since a split in 1991, only defends Issa interests (essentially the control of the Djibouti-Ethiopian railway line).









 Isa Tigers Association (ITA) Riyaale Ahmed









Riyaale Xaamud



Riyaale wuxuu ku dhashay magaalada Diridhabe 1959kii. Wuxuu Somaaliya yimid isaga oo yar. Wuxuu dugsiga hose/dhexe ku dhameeyey Muqdisho,Dugsiga Maxamud Xarbi



Kadib sannadkii 1976-dii wuxuu aaday dalka Sudan oo uu ku qaatay waxbarashada dugsiga sare.



Kadib wuxuu Sudan ka aaday Sacuudi Carabiya 1978dii halkaas oo uu Jaamacadda kaga soo baxay. Markii uu jaamacadda dhameeyey wuxuu shaqo macalinimo ka helay dalka Jabuuti oo uu 1982 ilaa 1992 bare ka ahaa.Wuxuu Riyaale ku soo laabtay dalkii hooyo 1992gii . Wuxuu markiiba aas-aasay ururka lagu magacaabi jiray Isa Tigers Association (ITA). Muddo kadib, isla 1992 ayuu Guddoomiye u noqday Isa & Gurgure Liberation Front (IGLF).















Riyaale Xaamud waa halgamaa weyn oo caan ku ah geyiga Soomalida Itoobiya gumeysato. Riyaale wuxuu ka soo jeedaa qoys halgamaa ah. Riyaale aabihii, Xaamud Axmed (Xaamud Laangadhe) wuxuu ahaa halgamaa weyn oo ka mid ahaan jiray madaxdii Jabhaddii WSLF. 16kii Juune 1990 ayey gumeysatada Itoobiya dishay Marxuum Xaamud Laangadhe, Riyaale aabihiiWuxuu muddo dheer xidhiidh la lahaa halganka hubaysan ee ay hogaaminayso Jabhadda Waddaniga Xoreynta Ogaadenya (JWXO).



Wax yar ka dib isaga oo u arkayey in xal lagu gaadh karo balan qaadka Cahdigii ku meel gaadhka ahaa ee caddaynayey aayo ka talinta shucuubta la gumeysto ayuu ka qayb galay dawladii Kililka sannadkii 1993dii oo uu ka noqday wasiirka Shaqada iyo Arrimaha Bulshada. Wuxuu mar labaad noqday wasiirka dal Xiiska.



Halgame Riyaale Xaamud Axmed, sannadkii 1995 wuxuu ka qayb-galay baarlamaakii kililkak. Markii uu habka gumesigu ula dhaqmayo shacabka ka soo horjeedsaday laguna tuhmay inuu xidhiidh la leeyahay halganka hubaysan ayaa isla 1995kii 10kii October la xidhay. Halkaas ooh al sano xidhnaa. Maadama ay ku tuhmayeen inuu xidhiidh hoose la leeyahay JWXO ayaa loo dortay ergay dhexdhexaadin Itoobiya iyo JWXO 1997kii.



Dhamaadkii 1997kii ilaa 1998ki wuxuu ahaa Madaxweyne ku Xigeenka Kililka. Wax yar kadib waa laga qaaday xilkii Madaxweyne ku Xigeenka. Markaas ayuu bilaabay inuu dib u hababeeyo Ururkii Xisbiga Dimoqraadiga Somali Galbeed (WSDP) oo ka soo dhex baxay ururkii WLSF. Waxaa Riyaale loo doortay Hog-hayaha Guud, oo ilaa iyo haatan matalayo.









Elsewhere in eastern Ethiopia, the TGE experienced problems with the Isa and Gurgura Liberation Front (IGLF). On October 4, 1991, clashes between government forces and IGLF rebels resulted in the temporary closure of the Addis Ababa- Djibouti railroad near Dire Dawa and the disruption of trade between the two countries. The fighting also disrupted famine relief distribution to nearly 1 million refugees in eastern Ethiopia. By early 1992, the IGLF still had refused to recognize the EPRDF's right to maintain security in the Isa-populated area around Dire Dawa. By 1993, nonetheless, improved conditions allowed the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad to operate on a fairly regular basis



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Regional names

The IDPs in Bordode and Mieso areas are Somali tribesmen from Hawiye, Gurgura



and Ogadeni tribes. The groups are displaced from four-peasant associations in Kato, Obensale, Hardim,Goljenno and Kora areas. The cause of the conflict is reported to be dispute on landownership. In terms of composition, the IDPs in Bordode are Hawiye; Gurgura andOgadenis while those in Mieso are exclusively Hawiye.