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**EvonsRorgon** · 06-27-2010, 05:30 AM

Somaliland province governer (president as he titles himself) once said "My people are closer to Addis abbebans than Moqdishans"
He never clarrified if he meant ethnicly or geographically, but i suspect he meant the latter. So there you go, the minister is indeed a pseudo-Amhara/Oromo, by own acknowledgement.

I think you mean "the former." "The latter" means the second one (geographically), "the former" means the first one (ethnically).

He's trying to foster closer ties, but the statement is a bit surprising.

Historically, Somaliland has always been within the Ethiopian realm of influence. The ancient trade route that runs through there has been competing with Mitsiwwa and Adulis at least since the beginning of the Common Era (Periplus of the Erythraean Sea). It was one of the main places of export and import certainly in medieval times until Imam Gragn, and again after the Zemene Mesafint with the rise of Shewa.

Trade and relations with what's now Southern Somalia were scant, even in the medieval period.

06-27-2010, 05:30 AM	#13
EvonsRorgon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	Somaliland province governer (president as he titles himself) once said "My people are closer to Addis abbebans than Moqdishans" He never clarrified if he meant ethnicly or geographically, but i suspect he meant the latter. So there you go, the minister is indeed a pseudo-Amhara/Oromo, by own acknowledgement. I think you mean "the former." "The latter" means the second one (geographically), "the former" means the first one (ethnically). He's trying to foster closer ties, but the statement is a bit surprising. Historically, Somaliland has always been within the Ethiopian realm of influence. The ancient trade route that runs through there has been competing with Mitsiwwa and Adulis at least since the beginning of the Common Era (Periplus of the Erythraean Sea). It was one of the main places of export and import certainly in medieval times until Imam Gragn, and again after the Zemene Mesafint with the rise of Shewa. Trade and relations with what's now Southern Somalia were scant, even in the medieval period.
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