Overview

The Northern Somali Unionist Movement (NSUM) is a Somali

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

 organization that was formed in 1991, by Mr Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Sililaanyo)  and whose members and supporters hail from Sool

Sool

Sool is an administrative region in northern Somalia.-Overview:With its capital at Las Anod, Sool is historically known for being the seat of the anti-colonial Dervish movement....

, Sanaag

Sanaag

Sanaag is an administrative region in northern Somalia. Its capital city is Erigavo.Sanaag has a long coastline facing the Gulf of Aden to the north, and is bordered by the Somali regions of Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sool and Bari....

 and Cayn (SSC) regions in the Northern regions of Somalia (formerly British Somaliland

British Somaliland

British Somaliland was a British protectorate in the northern part of present-day Somalia. For much of its existence, British Somaliland was bordered by French Somaliland, Ethiopia, and Italian Somaliland. From 1940 to 1941, it was occupied by the Italians and was part of Italian East Africa...

). NSUM says that it stands for the promotion of peace, reconciliation, and unity among all people from Somalia
. They were involved in the 2010 Ayn clashes

2010 Ayn clashes

The 2010 Ayn clashes saw Ethiopian and Somaliland forces engage Dulbahante clan militia in Puntland's Ayn region in a bid to reconquer the region ahead of the Somaliland presidential election, 2010...

 between themselves and joint Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

n and Somaliland

Somaliland

Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...

 forces, near Widwid, in the Ayn region

Ayn, Somalia

Ayn is region in the autonomous northeastern Puntland macro-region of Somalia. It is a disputed southeastern section of the Togdheer region defined and claimed by Puntland....

 of Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

. . After the presidential election in 2010, Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo became the President of Somaliland.

Manesfesto pledges

• To defend Somali unity particularly in the N.W. region where a rebel clan
  Clan
  A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
  
   has declared U.D.I. from Somalia.

• To promote peace and unity with the S.S.C.
  SSC
  -In arts and entertainment:* Singapore Symphony Chorus* Saïan Supa Crew, a French rap group* So Solid Crew, a UK garage group-Businesses:* Seoul Semiconductor Company, a Korean manufacturer of LEDs...
  
   regions via traditional conflict prevention and resolution, whilst, enhancing awareness of critical matters relating to the peoples’ welfare
  Welfare
  Welfare refers to a broad discourse which may hold certain implications regarding the provision of a minimal level of wellbeing and social support for all citizens without the stigma of charity. This is termed "social solidarity"...
  
  , health
  Health
  Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
  
  , education
  Education
  Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
  
   and also good neighbourliness with other regions.

• To promote peace
  Peace
  Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...
  
  , good governance
  Good governance
  Good governance is an indeterminate term used in development literature to describe how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources in order to guarantee the realization of human rights. Governance describes "the process of decision-making and the process by which...
  
  , democracy
  Democracy
  Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
  
  , human rights
  Human rights
  Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
  
   and the rule of law
  Rule of law
  The rule of law, sometimes called supremacy of law, is a legal maxim that says that governmental decisions should be made by applying known principles or laws with minimal discretion in their application...
  
   at both in the S.S.C. and a national level.

• To promote the socio-economic and political development of the SSC’s region at the national and international levels, with the help of the central government
  Central government
  A central government also known as a national government, union government and in federal states, the federal government, is the government at the level of the nation-state. The structure of central governments varies from institution to institution...
  
  , foreign governments, international
  International
  ----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
  
   and UN regional aid programs.

Also see

• Factions in the Somali Civil War
  Factions in the Somali Civil War
  Over the course of the Somali Civil War, there have been many revolutionary movements and militia groups run by competing warlords which have held de facto control over vast areas of the country.- Somali Salvation Democratic Front :...
  
  
• List of warlords in the Somali Civil War
• Mogadishu Line
  Mogadishu Line
  The "Mogadishu Line" is a foreign policy term used to describe the point at which foreign involvement in a conflict shifts from peacekeeping or diplomacy to combat operations...
  
  
• Puntland–Somaliland dispute
• Northland State
  Northland State
  Northland State of Somalia was an autonomous state in the disputed Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions of Somalia, proclaimed in May 2008. It was located between Somaliland and the autonomous macro-regions of Puntland and Maakhir....
  
  
• Somali Civil War
  Somali Civil War
  The Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war taking place in Somalia. The conflict, which began in 1991, has caused destabilisation throughout the country, with the current phase of the conflict seeing the Somali government losing substantial control of the state to rebel forces...
  
  
• 2010 Ayn clashes
  2010 Ayn clashes
  The 2010 Ayn clashes saw Ethiopian and Somaliland forces engage Dulbahante clan militia in Puntland's Ayn region in a bid to reconquer the region ahead of the Somaliland presidential election, 2010...
  
  

External links

• http://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/2010/02/northern-somali-unionist-movement-nsum.html
• http://n-sum.org/?q=node/11
• http://www.jidbaale.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=265:b-a-a-q-northern-somali-unionist-movement-nsum&catid=42:wararka-af-somali (in Somalian).
• http://golkhatumo.com/Ghana.pdf
• http://www.n-sum.org/?q=node/33
• http://www.n-sum.org
• http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9171012871