Muslim League of the Western Province

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The Muslim League of the Frontier Province was a Muslim dominated political party in the most part of Beja inhabited western province of Eritrea .

The party was founded by Ali Mussa Radai , a former serf who later became President of the National Assembly of Eritrea .

founding

The Muslim League of the Western Province was formed after a split from the Muslim League in 1949. It was able to take over half of the membership of the Muslim League before the split.

The split was sparked by intrigue on the part of the British military administration, which was able to convince the Muslim leaders that the chairman of the Muslim League Ibrahim Sultan Ali was an Italian agent who wanted to restore the former colony of Eritrea . Social and political differences among the Muslims of Eritrea also played a role.

development

Towards the end of 1949, following the split from the Independent Muslim League , the party left the Blocco Indipendenza ( Independence Block ). The Muslim League of the Western Province was thus the second of several factions that left the Blocco Indipendenza. The party aimed to exclude the Italians in Eritrea from the political process in the country, which clearly contradicted the position of the Muslim League.

In the elections of 1952 - which were held by direct voting in some cities and indirect voting in other areas - the party won 14 to 15 of a total of 68 seats in the National Assembly of Eritrea.

Initially the Muslim League of the Western Province advocated that Eritrea should remain under British administration for another ten years, after which a decision should be made about the future of the Western Province. In June 1953, nine months after the federation between Ethiopia and the now imperial Ethiopian province of Eritrea came into force, the party began campaigning for an independent state for the Bedscha . This should be formed from the western province of Eritrea and the province of Kassala in the east of Sudan . However, when the party realized that Britain would not support the establishment of an independent state from the Western Province, the party began to support unification with Ethiopia . At the time, the party preferred incorporation into Ethiopia over possible incorporation into Sudan, fearing the dominance of opposing clans in Sudan.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Spencer, John H. Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Selassie Years . [Sl]: Tsehai Pub, 2006. page 230
  2. ↑ Ammar, Woldeyesus. Blocco Indipendenza and Khartoum Meeting of the Opposition: What Similarities?
  3. ↑ Negash, Tekeste. Eritrea and Ethiopia: The Federal Experience . New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1997. page 53
  4. ↑ Yohannes, Okbazghi. Eritrea, a pawn in world politics . Gainesville: Univ. of Florida Press, 1991. p. 141
  5. ↑ a b c Venosa, Joseph L. Faith in the nation: examining the contributions of Eritrean Muslims in the nationalist movement, 1946-1961  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ohiolink.edu  
  6. ↑ La Questione Eritrea ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.clarissa.it
  7. ^ Spencer, John H. Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Selassie Years . [Sl]: Tsehai Pub, 2006. Pages 249-250
  8. ↑ Smith-Simonsen, Christine. Eritrea i våre hjerter? En study av norske relasjoner til Eritrea (PDF; 2.6 MB)
  9. ↑ Negash, Tekeste. Eritrea and Ethiopia: The Federal Experience . New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1997. Pages 85-86