Midgan

The Midgan or Midgaan (Somali: "Midgaan" or "Madhibaan") is a Somali clan.

The Madhibaan are an indigenous people living mainly in Somalia but are found all over the Horn of Africa including Djibouti and Ethiopia. They are sometimes viewed as being of a lower caste or class because of their farmer - craftsmen history, which some Somalis considered part of lower caste occupation. (Even though that is the most productive achievements in society). They are struggling to live in peace and in their ancestral homelands but they have a long history of being oppressed. The onset of the Somali Civil War the Madhibaan, like many other people from Somalia suffered from assassinations by members of the majority clans and atrocities at the hands of the Somalis as well as from neglect and injustice from the side of the international community.

Territory

The Midgaan or Madhibaan are found all across Somalia in small numbers.