The Northern Somali Unionist Movement (NSUM) is a Somali nationalist organization. Overview The Northern Somali Unionist Movement's members and supporters mainly hail from the northern Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) regions of Somaliland, areas that were a part of the British Somaliland protectorate during the colonial period and the Warsangali Sultanate prior to that. NSUM says that it stands for the promotion of peace, reconciliation and unity among all people from Somalia. The organization does not recognize the independence of Somaliland, NSUM also opposes the 2007 occupation of the Sool province by Somaliland troops.<ref name="NSUMau"/> NSUM militants were involved in the 2010 Ayn clashes between themselves and joint Ethiopian and Somaliland forces near Widwid, in the Cayn region of Somalia. Ideology According to the NSUM, its defining principles are:<ref name="NSUMau"/>