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Greater Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliweyn) refers to those regions in the Horn of Africa in which ethnic Somalis are and have historically represented the predominant population. Greater Somalia encompasses Somalia, Djibouti, the Ogaden of Ethiopia and the North Eastern Province of Kenya. Pan-Somalism refers to the vision of unifying these territories as a single Somali nation. The pursuit of this goal has led to conflict, with Somalia engaging in armed warfare with Ethiopia over the Ogaden region, as well as supporting Somali insurgents in the so-called Shifta War against Kenya. 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 southwestern Somalia) to Italian Somaliland. This was Italy's reward for allying itself with Britain in its war against Germany. The treaty was honored and in 1924, Britain ceded Jubaland. In 1926, Jubaland was incorporated into Italian Somaliland, and was later re-dubbed Oltre Giuba by the Italians.[1] After its conquest of Ethiopia in 1936, Italy also annexed the Ogaden region.[2] In early World War II, Italian troops invaded British Somaliland and ejected the British.[3] However, Britain retained control of British East Africa, which included the almost exclusively Somali-inhabitedNorthern Frontier District[4][5][6] that is currently administered by Kenya. Britain regained control of British Somaliland in spring 1941, and conquered Italian Somaliland and the Ogaden. In 1945, the Potsdam conference was held, |
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