Greater Somalia League
The Greater Somalia League (GSL) was a political party in Somalia that advocated for the establishment of a Greater Somalia. History The GSL was led by Haaji Mahammad Husseen. It was formed by dissidents of the Somali Youth League (SYL). The party was fiercely nationalist and called for the unification of all Somali areas into one state. It charged the Somali Youth League with not wanting the unification of Somalia. Haaji Mahammad Husseen and a group of his followers were arrested after violent protests and put to trial. The GSL boycotted the 1958 municipal election, charging harassment from the SYL. It also boycotted the later 1959 elections. In 1958, Halima Godane was elected to Mogadishu's city council, representing the party. During its existence, the party enjoyed good relations with the Republican Union in French Somaliland French Somaliland (french: Côte française des Somalis, lit= French Coast of the Somalis so, Xeebta Soomaaliyeed ee Faransiiska) was a French co ...
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Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have Non-partisan democracy, no political parties. Some countries have Single-party state, only one political party while others have Multi-party system, several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Part ...
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