Prunier also writes that the Ethiopian characterisation of the Somali National Movement as a 'religious' organisation was a fundamental misreading of the movement's nature. To describe the SNM in such terms would have been to classify it as Islamist, which, Prunier argues, it was not.

Approaching Ethiopia

The SNM additionally sought foreign backing during its formative years. In 1981, members of the SNM approached Diplomat Said Abdullahi Egal, who maintained contacts with Ethiopian diplomatic officials in Sweden and was noted

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