Back رابطة الشباب الصومالية Arabic Lliga de la Joventut Somali Catalan Somalische Jugendliga German Liga de la Juventud Somalí Spanish Somalian nuorisoliitto Finnish Ligue de la jeunesse somalie French Somalski omladinski savez Croatian Lega dei Giovani Somali Italian ソマリ青年同盟 Japanese Liga Młodzieży Somalii Polish
Somali Youth League Ururka Dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed 𐒚𐒇𐒚𐒇𐒏𐒖 𐒊𐒖𐒐𐒘𐒒𐒕𐒖𐒇𐒖𐒆𐒖 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒜𐒆 رابطة الشباب الصومالي Lega dei Giovani Somali | |
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| Founder | Abdulkadir Sheikh Sakhawudeen[1][2] |
| Founded | 15 May 1943 |
| Banned | 1969[3] |
| Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia Harar (proposed) |
| Ideology | Pan-Somalism Somali nationalism |
| Colours | Red, White, Blue |
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The Somali Youth League (SYL, Somali: Ururka Dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed 𐒚𐒇𐒚𐒇𐒏𐒖 𐒊𐒖𐒐𐒘𐒒𐒕𐒖𐒇𐒖𐒆𐒖 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒜𐒆, Arabic: رابطة الشباب الصومالي, Italian: Lega dei Giovani Somali or Lega Somala della Gioventù), initially known as the Somali Youth Club (SYC), was the first political party in Somalia.
It played a key role in the nation's road to independence during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
- ^ Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Presa. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8108-6604-1.
- ^ Gilbert, Paul (1967). Beginning Somali History. NTEC Press. p. 99.
- ^ Metz, Helen C., ed. (1992), "Politics", Somalia: A Country Study, Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, retrieved April 1, 2013