In an interview with the secessionist website “togaherer”, the legend Statesman and unionist professor Ismail Mohamud Hurre “Buubaa” has supported the establishment of Khaatumo State of Somalia, Awdal State of Somalia, and other regional administrations he says appear to be in the pipeline, without giving specifics, within the northern part of Somalia. Mr. Ismail Buubaa had been at one point the Foreign Minister in the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia from 2001 — 2004. Also, for clarification purposes Mr. Ismail Buubaa hails from the Isaaq clan where you can find a lot of unionists, but, unfortunately, face punishment and persecution in expressing their views openly on the hand of the secessionist administration in Hargeysa.

Here are important highlights of his interview:

- The population of Khaatumo State of Somalia were never part of the unilateral secession

- Khaatumo State of Somalia population have all the rights to determine their own political direction and that their resolve to remain within a united Somalia has been known to all

- On the issue of the ferocious attacks the one clan secessionist administration keeps launching on the Khaatumo of Somalia territory, Mr. Ismail Buubaa has made it known that Khaatumo State of Somalia has no blame on their part, but stressed that it’s the Somaliland forces who are carring out the raids and aggression with the full responsibility resting on the secessionist administration in Hargeisa

- And, on how he sees the solution, professor Buubaa did not mince his words, he says “….Siilaanyo must pull his militia out of the Khaatumo State of Somalia boundaries to restore the mutual coexistence and good neighborly realtions

- He advices Mr. Siilaanyo and his secessionist supporters to come to their senses, stop the hostilities, pull their militia back, and use wisely the opportunity availed by the London Conference and the British Government and embrace the Somali Unity again where all Somali Stakeholders find a win win situation and everyone is appropriately accommodated

- Mr. Ismail Mohamud Hurre “Buubaa” has mentioned one crucial point that he was a senior member of the rebellion Somali National Movement (SNM) and that the SNM charter and principles never included secession to divide Somalia, and re-iterates that he maintains that principle of unity. This is an evidence that later in 1991 the agreed upon principles of the SNM were hijacked and had been misplaced

Togaherer Website is commended on this interview because it’s a brave under- taking given this kind of reporting is in short supply due to the circumstances of media harassment and jailing that is prevalent in the one clan secessionist enclave