HISTORIC INJUSTICES
Once the Juba river was the boundary where the British and Italian colonial forces stood against each other and for their imperialist territories of the "British East African Protectorate" and the "Africa Orientale Italiana" (A.O.I.) respectively.
Kenyans, who stepped into the boots of the British still might dream about Jubaland, which could seriously backfire, because the popular referendum of 1961 concerning the 126,902 sqkm so-called NFD (Northern Forntier District) , the blurred findings of a commission, which according to the Hansard records found "the districts divided" and the blank refusal of the Lancaster conference in 1962 as well as subsequent demands made at
During World War I, Britain secretly reached an agreement with Italy to transfer 94,050 square kilometers of its Somali-inhabited Jubaland protectorate (in present-day south-western Somalia) to Italian Somaliland. This was Italy's reward for allying itself with Britain in its war against Germany. The treaty was honoured and in 1924, Britain ceded Jubaland. In 1926, Jubaland was incorporated into Italian Somaliland, and was later re-dubbed Oltre Giuba by the Italians. After its conquest of Ethiopia in 1936, Italy also annexed the Ogaden region
Jubaland Cable
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¶4. (C/NF) Atkinson said that the Foreign Office can see the
potential attraction for the Kenyans to pursue their Jubaland
initiative, but that the UK does not think it will be
successful. The UK is interested to know if the USG sees
merit in jointly demarching the Kenyans about not pursuing
it. If the Kenyans insist, Atkinson suggested that a
proposal be made to the Kenyans for a long-term
reconciliation process that would result in
military/para-military activities only if needed and in the
context of reconciliation talks. Atkinson said that Baroness
Kinnock, during her on-going visit to Kenya, plans to speak
with both TFG President Sheikh Sharif and the Kenyans about
the Jubaland initiative, mainly to assess where they have
gotten to in their thinking before taking a decision on the
UK position about it. Additionally, the British Embassy in
Ethiopia is making similar inquires with the Ethiopia
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C O N F I D E N T I A L: JUBALAND INITIATIVE
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