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Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis was a nationalist organisation, and later guerrilla group, in the Afars and Issas (present-day Djibouti). FLCS was founded in 1960 by Mahamoud Harbi. Its founding president was Adan Abdulle.^[1] FLCS began armed activities inside Djibouti in 1968.^[2] FLSC mainly drew its support from the Iise clan.^[3]

The military struggle was actively supported by the government of Somalia.^[3] FLCS was also supported by OAU as a national liberation movement. In the period 1971-1972 FLCS received 1500 pounds sterling from the OAU, 0.14% of the total amounts donated by the OAU to different African liberation movements at the time.^[4]

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^ La Nation
^ Abir, Mordechai. Oil, power and politics : conflict in Arabia, the Red Sea and the Gulf. London: Cass, 1974. p. 144
^ ^a ^b Barrington, Lowell W. (ed.). After independence : making and protecting the nation in postcolonial & postcommunist states. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 2006. p. 117-118
^ Gonidec, Pierre François. African Politics. The Hague: Matinus Nijhoff, 1981. p. 272

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[0] La Nation

[1] Abir, Mordechai. Oil, power and politics : conflict in Arabia, the Red Sea and the Gulf. London: Cass, 1974. p. 144

[barr-2] Barrington, Lowell W. (ed.). After independence : making and protecting the nation in postcolonial & postcommunist states. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 2006. p. 117-118

[3] Gonidec, Pierre François. African Politics. The Hague: Matinus Nijhoff, 1981. p. 272

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