Hussein Kulmiye Afrah

Hussein Kulmiye Afrah (Somali: Xuseen Kulmiye Afrax, Arabic: أفراح حسين‎) (1920 – before 2007)[1] was Vice President of Somalia in the era of Siad Barre, who governed the nation from 1969 to 1991.[2]

Post Civil War

Following the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, Kulmiye among other Hawiye Officers were not arrested nor expelled from Mogadishu. Instead all Hawiye Clan officials who served the Barre regime were reinvented as Somali Heroes.[3]

Mr. Kulmiye is known for his honest straight talk against the USC as a clan group incapable of uniting Somalia. Mr.Kulmiye did not participate the civi; war in 1991

References

  1. ↑ Osman, Abdulahi A.; Souaré, Issaka K. (2007). Somalia at the crossroads: challenges and perspectives in reconstituting a failed state. Adonis & Abbey. p. 98. ISBN 190506859X.
  2. ↑ The defeat of Siad Barre]
  3. ↑ Clan Cleansing in Somalia; The Ruinous Legacy of 1991. Scansom Publishers. 2012. ISBN 978-0-8122-4467-0.


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