Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front
Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front (IGLF) was a political faction in eastern Ethiopia, led by Riyaale Ahmed Formed in 1991.
History
[edit]IGLF, which is based amongst the Issa and Gurgura clans in northern Hararghe, evolved out of the Iil Tire division of the Western Somali Liberation Front.[1] During its initial period of existence, its armed members clashed many times with the Somali National Movement along 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.
In 1993 its president was Mohamoud Dirir Gheddi.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Waal, Alex (1991). Evil Days. Human Rights Watch. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-56432-038-4.
- ^ ETH30381.E of 4 November 1998 on the treatment of Issa in Ethiopia; whether a family relation to someone known to be (have been) active in, and financially supportive of, the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) would affect this treatment. IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 17 January 2000.
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