Eji Obaale

Eji Obaale is one of Somalia's nine wildlife reserves, most of which have had little formal protection or management since the collapse of the central government in 1991.^[1]

Eleven wildlife areas have been declared in Somalia since the 1970s, but only two were thought to be functional, and no formal protection has been offered to any of them since the early 1990s.^[2]

Nature Somalia states that no protected areas remained functional after 1991 and that elephant populations declined by 95% since 1979 across the country.^[3]