Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has made admissions on military excesses in Somaliland under the era of former president Siad Barre. His comments on Thursday came three days after what Mogadishu called an “ice-breaking” meeting with Somaliland president Muse Bihi. Speaking at a judicial conference on Thursday, Farmaajo averred that the civil war didn’t start in 1991 but well before that claiming many lives in northern regions (Somaliland). #Somalia — Hodan Ali (hodansomali) February 13, 2020Comments by Prez Farmajo on forgiveness for “dark past” with Somaliland very encouraging, positive first step day after meeting Prez Bihi. It added that a 2001 UN report investigating the attacks against the Isaaqs concluded that “the crime of genocide was conceived, planned and perpetrated by the Somalia Government against the Isaaq people of northern Somalia.”

Source: Ethiopian News February 14, 2020 16:41 UTC