Dir (clan) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Dir (Somali: Dir) is one of the largest and most prominent Somali clans in the Horn of Africa. [2][3][4] They are also considered to be the oldest Somali stock to have inhabited the region. [2][5][6] Its members inhabit Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia (Somali, Harar, Dire Dawa, Oromia and Afar regions), and northeastern Kenya (North Eastern Prov...
AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Dir people
WEBMany ethnologists consider the Issas* in Djibouti to be a Dir clan. The Dir in northern Somalia raise camels, while those to the south raise cattle. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of Dir faced starvation because of the famine and civil war in …
Issa (clan) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Issa (also spelled Esa, or Aysa) (Somali: Ciise, Arabic: عيسى) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family. [1][2][3] Overview.
Dir (clan) - Wikiwand / articles
WEBThe Dir is one of the largest and most prominent Somali clans in the Horn of Africa. They are also considered to be the oldest Somali stock to have inhabited the region. Its members inhabit Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, and northeastern Kenya.
Dir (clan) - Somali Wiki
WEBThe Dir is a Somali clan. Its members live mostly in Somaliland, southern and central Somalia, as well as in Djibouti and the the Somali Region in Ethiopia.
Bimaal - Wikipedia
WEBThe Bimaal or Bimal, (Somali: Biimaal; Arabic:بيمال) are a sub-clan of the major Dir clan family. This clan is widely known for leading a resistance against the colonials in southern Somalia for decades which can be compared to the war of the Sayyid in Somaliland.
Fighting Between Central Somalia Clans Kills at Least 55, Residents …
WEBJun 10, 2024 · The clash between the Dir and Marihan clans, who fought alongside each other in the paramilitary group which ousted al Shabaab from Galmudug region, erupted on Saturday in Abudwaq and Herale...
Dir | Somali clan family | Britannica
WEBSomali, people of Africa occupying all of Somalia, a strip of Djibouti, the southern Ethiopian region of Ogaden, and part of northwestern Kenya. Except for the arid coastal area in the north, the Somalis occupy true nomad regions of plains, coarse grass, and streams.
r/Somalia on Reddit: Why are Isaaq considered Dir?
WEBMar 27, 2023 · The big Somali clans (Hawiye, Dir & Darood) have become more of a confederation than an actual clan since Somalia’s founding in 1960. Clan alliances have been made for political rights & protection. Isaaq started claiming Dir when Somalia became a …
Somalia: Treatment of Dir - Refworld
WEBThe Dir clan is sub-divided into three sub-clans: the Issa, the Gadabursi, and the Bimale. Most Dir live in northern Somalia, which in May 1991, under the leadership of the Isaak dominated Somali National Movement (SNM), declared itself the independent Republic of Somaliland (IRBDC, March 1990, pp. 1,14).