 A newly rebuilt Hargeisa War Memorial | |
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| 9°33′41″N 44°03′55″E / 9.5615°N 44.0653°E | |
| Location | Freedom Square, Independence Avenue, Hargeisa, Somaliland |
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| Type | Monument |
| Dedicated to | Victims of the indiscriminate aerial bombardment of the city, part of the Isaaq genocide conducted by the Somali dictator Siad Barre[1] |
The Hargeisa War Memorial (Arabic: النصب التذكاري لحرب هرجيسا) is a monument in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.[2][3] The memorial was set up to commemorate the war for independence in the 1980s, and is a symbol of struggle for the people of Somaliland.[4]
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- ^ Stuart Butler; Dean Starnes (2009). Ethiopia & Eritrea. Lonely Planet. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-1-74104-814-8.
- ^ Lonely Planet; Jean-Bernard Carillet; Tim Bewer; Stuart Butler (1 May 2013). Lonely Planet Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland. Lonely Planet. pp. 513–. ISBN 978-1-74321-647-7.
- ^ "Close Residents of Somaliland sit under a war memorial of a MiG fighter jet in the centre of town in Hargeisa". Reuters. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.