#Update: Somaliland’s Population Was Nearly Halved After the Isaaq Genocide Carried Out by Somalia’s Genocidal Regime in the 1980s. During the 1980s, the genocidal Marxist-fascist regime in Somalia unleashed scorched-earth tactics against the Isaaq community, resulting in the mass slaughter of approximately 200,000 civilians. According to multiple sources, Hargeisa—whose population stood at roughly 500,000 by 1980—was nearly emptied of life, with its population almost halved by the time the camp