Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front

Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front (IGLF) was a political faction in eastern Ethiopia, led by Riyaale Ahmed Formed in 1991.

History

IGLF, which is based amongst the Issa and Gurgura clans in northern Hararghe, evolved out of the Iil Tire division of the Western Somali Liberation Front.^[1] During its initial period of existence, its armed members clashed many times with the Somali National Movement along the Ethiopia-Somalia border.

Around 1992 IGLF was involved in clashes with the dominant Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). During this period IGLF sabotaged the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway.

In 1993 its president was Mohamoud Dirir Gheddi.^[2]

References

1. Waal, Alex (1991). Evil Days. Human Rights Watch. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-56432-038-4.
2. ETH30381.E of 4 November 1998 on the treatment of Issa in Ethiopia; whether a family relation to someone known to be (have been) active in, and financially supportive of, the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) would affect this treatment. IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 17 January 2000.