British forces occupy Italian Somaliland and militarily administer the territory as well as British Somaliland.

Faced with growing Italian political pressure inimical to continued British tenure and Somali aspirations for independence, the Somalis and the British come to see each other as allies.

The first modern Somali political party, the Somali Youth Club (SYC), is subsequently established in Mogadishu in 1943; it is later renamed the Somali Youth League (SYL).

The SYL evolves into the dominant party and has a moderate ideology.

Hizbia Digil Mirifle Somali (HDMS) party serves as the principal opposition to the right, although its platform is generally in agreement with that of the SYL.

In November 1949, the United Nations finally opts to grant Italy trusteeship of Italian Somaliland, but only under close supervision and on the condition—first proposed by the Somali Youth League (SYL) and other nascent Somali political organizations, such as Hizbia Digil Mirifle Somali (later Hizbia Dastur Mustaqbal Somali, or HDMS.