Saaxdheer Sahdeer | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 8°0′10.63″N47°6′26.24″E / 8.0029528°N 47.1072889°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Regional State | ![]() |
Region | Sool |
District | Las Anod |
Population (2007) [1] | |
• Total | 4,500 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Sahdheer (Somali : Saaxdheer) is a town in northern Khatumo State region of Somalia. [2]
Saaxdheer is on the border with Ethiopia. The town lies in the Sahader Valley, due south of Las Anod. Sahdheer lies a few miles northwest of Gumburka Cagaare, [3] the site of the greatest Darwiish victory over a joint Abyssinian-British force. The British force consisted of men from nine different regions of the world:
Within the encampment there was a strange medley of men drawn from many different corners of the Empire: From the British Isles, from South Africa, from Frontier of India, from Kenya, from the Nile, from the uplands of Central Africa, Boers and Sikhs and Sudanese: Their race had battled against the Empire not so many years before, but had since found contentment and prosperity under British rule. [4]
In August 2014, Somaliland troops marched into Sahdheer engaged pro-Khatumo State militias in battles that killed at least 10 people. [5] United States Special Representative for Somalia James P. McAnulty and others jointly expressed concern over the deployment of troops to Sahdheer. [6]
In June 2015, the President of Khatumo State, Ali Khalif Galaydh, moved his address from Buuhoodle to Sahdheer. [7] Still, in August, he moved his address to Balli Ad in Togdheer due to the approach of the Somaliland army on the outskirts of the town and protests from residents. [8]
Fighting between local clans in Dhummay, Sool, October 2018. [9] Dhummay elders blamed the Somaliland government for allowing the militia the opportunity to attack because the Somaliland army in Dhummay was moved to Sahdheer. [10]
In August 2020, a mediation meeting was held in Sahdheer due to fighting between Dhulbahante clans (Ararsame and Hayaag) in Horufadhi. [11]
In May 2021, Jaamac Faarax Xasan, Minister of Health for Puntland, visits Sahdheer. Welcomed by clan chief, Garad Jama Garad Ali. [12]
In January 2022, Somaliland's Ministry of Water Resources Development revived a well in the Sahdheer region. [13]
The town's main inhabitants are Dhulbahante branch of the Darod, [14] with the Bahararsame sub-clan of the Farah Garad branch well represented. [15]