Greater Somalia

Greater Somalia sometimes called Greater Somaliland (Somali: Soomaaliweyn, Arabic: الصومال الكبرى As-Sūmal al-Kubra) is the geographical location comprising the regions in the Horn of Africa in which ethnic Somalis live and have historically inhabited.^[1]^[2]

The territory historically encompassed British Jubaland Province (now Jubaland),^[3] British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, parts of French Somaliland (now Djibouti), the Somali Region in Ethiopia, the Northern Frontier District in Kenya, and the intra-46th meridian east territories. At the present, it encompasses Somalia proper (including Somaliland), Jubaland, southern and eastern Djibouti, the Somali Region, Harar, and Dire Dawa in Ethiopia, and the Garissa, Wajir and Mandera Counties in Kenya (all of which were part of the former North Eastern Province which was abolished in 2013). A few sources even included the islands of Socotra, Abd al Kuri, Samhah, Darsah, Sabuniyah and the Ka'l Fir'awn islands in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago. Critics have often deemed “Greater Somalia” an irredentist concept.^[4]^[5]

^ Barnes, Cedric. "The Somali Youth League, Ethiopian Somalis and the Greater Somalia Idea, c. 1946–48". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 1 (2): 277–291. doi:10.1080/17531050701452564. ISSN 1753-1055.
^ Laitin, David D. (1976). "Somali Territorial Claims in International Perspective". Africa Today. 23 (2): 29–38. ISSN 0001-9887.
^ C, J (1924). Current History and Forum. p. 141. There was the boundary between British Jubaland and he took part in a conference of the directors
^ Roder, Tillman (16 February 2012). Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity. OUP USA. p. 556. ISBN 978-0-19-975988-0.
^ Duale (Bobe), Abdirahman Yusuf (2014), "Less and more than the sum of its parts: The failed merger of Somaliland and Somalia and the tragic quest for 'Greater Somalia'", Self-Determination and Secession in Africa, Routledge, ISBN 978-1-315-76290-6

[1] Barnes, Cedric. "The Somali Youth League, Ethiopian Somalis and the Greater Somalia Idea, c. 1946–48". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 1 (2): 277–291. doi:10.1080/17531050701452564. ISSN 1753-1055.

[2] Laitin, David D. (1976). "Somali Territorial Claims in International Perspective". Africa Today. 23 (2): 29–38. ISSN 0001-9887.

[3] C, J (1924). Current History and Forum. p. 141. There was the boundary between British Jubaland and he took part in a conference of the directors

[4] Roder, Tillman (16 February 2012). Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity. OUP USA. p. 556. ISBN 978-0-19-975988-0.

[5] Duale (Bobe), Abdirahman Yusuf (2014), "Less and more than the sum of its parts: The failed merger of Somaliland and Somalia and the tragic quest for 'Greater Somalia'", Self-Determination and Secession in Africa, Routledge, ISBN 978-1-315-76290-6

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