General Talan or General Yuusuf Talan or just Yuusuf Talan, ( so, General Yusuf Tallan, ar, جنرال يوسف تلن), was a General of the SNA, the

Somali National Army The Somali National Army ( Somali: ''Xooga Dalka Soomaaliyeed,'' lit. ''"Somali Ground Forces"'') is the ground forces component of the Somali Armed Forces, and is the largest out of the three service branches that make up the majority of the A ...

Biography

Talan was a native of the

Awdal Awdal ( so, Awdal, ar, أودَل) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the most northwesterly province of Somaliland. To the east it borders ...

region of Somaliland and a member of the Musafin (''Musafiin''), Habr 'Affan (''Habar Cafaan'') section of the

Gadabursi The Gadabuursi (Somali: ''Gadabuursi'', Arabic: جادابورسي), also known as ''Samaroon'' (Arabic: ''قبيلة سَمَرُون)'', is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family. The Gadabuursi are geographically sp ...

(''Gadabuursi'') clan. In his early years as career soldier who loved his profession. Trained at Sandhurst, Britain, he returned to the Somali Republic in the early sixties. Henceforth, his life went hand in glove with the fledgling Somali State and he served it with dignity, dedication and selflessness. He went through the ranks of the military till he reached the highest echelon of the Somali military hierarchy. A ceremony was held at the Center of the Military officers in Mogadishu to formalize it. The military officers there welcomed him with a five-minute standing ovation. During the regime of Siad Barre he was a brigadier-general.Country Report: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti - Pagina 84

Death

General Talan was killed in a drive by shooting in

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...

in 2000.

References

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