Capture of Borama (1991)
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changes The Somali National Movement captures the town of Borama
| Battle of Borama | |||||||||
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| Part of Somaliland War of Independence | |||||||||
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 Somali National Movement | |||||||||
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Abdirahman Aw Ali |
 Mohamed Hanfidhe | ||||||||
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| unknown | unknown | ||||||||
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| Minimum | 200-300 killed [1] | ||||||||
The Battle of Borama was a battle during the Somaliland War of Independence. It was the second and last battle between the Somali National Movement and the Gadabursi and Oromo militia of the Somali Democratic Alliance.
Throughout the Somaliland War of Independence, the Gadabursi clan in the western Awdal region of Somaliland had been fighting on Barre's side against the SNM, with the Barre regime arming them and encouraging them to undertake reprisals against the Isaaq. [2] Therefore, when the SNM reached Awdal in early 1991, local civilians were concerned that the Gadabursi and the Issa would be fighting the neighbouring Jibril Abokor sub-division of the Sa'ad Musa/Habr Awal, and that they wanted revenge.
In January 1991, in one of the final acts of the war, the 99th division of the SNM led by Colonel Ibrahim Koodbuur had pursued government forces that fled from Hargeisa to the town of Dilla. After a ferocious battle, the SNM captured the town and then continued into the main Gadabursi town of Borama.