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A Somali man carries water on a cart, 12 December 2007, in a street of Mogadishu. Meanwhile, Somali insurgents on Wednesday clashed with Ethiopia-backed government forces in the Somali capital. Civil fighting has defied numerous bid to restore stability in the Horn of Africa nation since it slipped into anarchy after the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
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Somalia’s Shabab: The struggle for the Horn of Africa
IN 2005 three dozen Somalis formed a club of Islamists, soon dubbing themselves the Shabab (Arabic for “youth”). Chaos had reigned over Somalia for a generation and there had been no real government since the military ruler, Siad Barre, fell in 1991. But from Economist Read more »
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Editorial: Buffer zone or suppression and massacre zone
Soon after the independence clan-based power struggle erupted among the so-called Somali leaders on how to share country’s political posts. The dispute ended with some clans awarding themselves high portfolios without considering education background, ex from Mareeg Online Read more »
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With emerging peace and stability, the scramble for Somalia is on
Three years after the overthrow of Somali military dictator Siad Barre in 1991, Robert D. Kaplan published his highly influential essay in the Atlantic Monthly (February 1994), warning of “The Coming Anarchy” from Africa Business Read more »
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With emerging peace and stability, the scramble for Somalia is on
Three years after the overthrow of Somali military dictator Siad Barre in 1991, Robert D. Kaplan published his highly influential essay in the Atlantic Monthly (February 1994), warning of “The Coming Anarchy” and relating a sad tale of how scarcity, crim from The East African Read more »
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What Somalia needs most is peace, stability
The inauguration of the federal government of Somalia in August 2012 marked the start of the first permanent central government in the country since the collapse of Mohamed Siad Barre’s regime in 1991. However, the long political transition and the hasti from Business Daily Read more »
