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Hargeisa (/ h ɑːr ˈ ɡ eɪ s ə / har-GAY-sə; Somali: Hargeysa; Arabic: هرجيسا, romanized: Harjīsā) [4] [5] is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still considered internationally to be part of Somalia.
The destruction of Hargeisa and Burao (Somali: duqayntii Hargeysa iyo Burco) occurred in 1988 during the Somaliland War of Independence.It was part of a counteroffensive launched by the Somali government under President Mohamed Siad Barre against the Somali National Movement (SNM), an opposition group active in northern Somalia (modern-day Somaliland).
On 11 August 2022, 5 people were killed and more than 100 injured in widespread protests in the cities of Hargeisa, Burao, and Erigavo after negotiations between the Somaliland government and opposition parties broke down, with the latter accusing Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi and his officials of purposely finding ways to delay the upcoming 13 November election.
Somalia, being the de jure government over the region, offered to send $11.7 million to Hargeisa to help those who were affected by the fire. This caused debate among politicians and the affected families if they should accept money from the country Somaliland as a whole was trying to distance itself from. [ 13 ]
Police in Hargeisa raided the BBC Media Action office in the city and detained five staff members, according to Somali media defenders. They were shortly released from custody with the apology statement from the chairperson of the Human Rights Center in Somaliland Yasmin Omar Mohamoud, calling the detainment "unlawful," and that the nation is ...
War-damaged houses in Hargeysa, a major city in Somaliland, 1991. Artillery shelling of Hargeisa started on the third day of the fighting [5] in late May 1988, and was accompanied by large-scale aerial bombing of the city carried out by the Somali Air Force (SAF) aircraft, [6] which "took off from the Hargeisa airport and then turned around to make repeated bombing runs on the city."
Hargeisa District (Somali: Degmada Hargeysa) is a Administrative District in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. Its capital lies at Hargeisa . Other settlements in the district include Daarbuduq .
Siad Barre focused his wrath (and American-supported military might) against his Northern opposition. Hargeisa, Somalia's second city and the former capital of British Somaliland was bombed, strafed and rocketed. Some 50,000 people are believed to have lost their lives there as a result of summary executions, aerial bombardments and ground attacks.