What the records say
- When
- 1963 – 1967
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 1.00° N, 40.25° E
- Description
- 1963–1967 Somali secessionist conflict in Kenya
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Shifta War
1963–1967 Somali secessionist conflict in Kenya
The Shifta War or Gaf Daba (1963–1967) was a secessionist conflict in which ethnic Somalis, Muslim Borana, Sakuye, Gabbra and Rendille in the then Northern Frontier District (NFD) of Kenya attempted to join Somalia. The Kenyan government named the conflict "shifta", after the Swahili word for "bandit", as part of a propaganda effort.
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