An agreement with the UN Trusteeship Council granted independence to Somalia on July 1, 1960. .
The first president, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, was defeated for reelection in 1967 by the former premier Abdi Rashid Ali Shirmarke. On October 15, 1969, Shirmarke was assassinated and days later a military group, led by Major General Muhammad Siad Barre, assumed control of Somalia. .
The years of 1978 to 1990 began a period of growing cooperation and strategic alliance between Somalia and the West. The United States had become Somalia's chief partner in defense. After Somalia's failed attempt to capture Ogadzn, its army suffered heavy losses. Also, the frequent fighting in Ogadzn triggered the flee of refugees into Somalia, increasing the starvation numbers to an estimated amount of 2 million. The U.S. gave both humanitarian and military aid to the Somali people. The U.S also trained several Somali military officers in U.S. military schools. In return the U.S. was granted use of the naval facilities at Berbera, previously a Soviet base.
Barre's rule began to create turmoil for the Somali people in 1981, after he chose members of his own Marehand clan for government positions. Insurgent groups formed a clan from the Mijertyn and Isaq clans that initiated clashes with government troops that begun in 1982. By 1990, the clans opposing Barre came together as one unit to fight the war against him and in January 1991, Barre was forced to flee the capital. Forming a coalition to govern the country proved more difficult for the clans that had been successful in deposing Barre. During the 23 months following Barre's overthrow, about 50,000 people were killed in fighting and an estimated 300,000 died of starvation as it became impossible to distribute food in the nation (Microsoft Encarta, 1997). .
On December 9, 1992, U.S. troops led a UN peacekeeping mission to Somalia, under Operation Restore Hope, which began with the arrival of 1,800 U.
Somalia is a country located at the horn of Africa. ... Somalia has been in civil war for quit along time now. ... Famine in Somalia is not only a problem now but a crisis. ... This problem is now spreading to other neighboring countries of Somalia because of the many refugees they are receiving from Somalia. ... My proposal is that first we have to accept the fact that famine is in Somalia. ...
Somalia, since the fall of the dictatorship government in 1991, has been overrun by anarchy. ... There are many problems that Somalia has because of its lack of government. ... Businesses in Somalia realize that government would be good for them, and they wouldn't mind the taxes that would come with a government....
One example, spawned from hatred, is The Somalian Civil War of 1988. ... Since then, Somalia has been ravaged by internal warfare. ... Success like this is key the Somali pirate militias. ... For about 21 years, Siad ruled Somalia with and iron fist. ... The main clans in power currently are: The Somali National Alliance, The Somali Salvation Alliance, Hawiye, Darod, Habre-Gedhir and The Abgal. ...
Somalia's terrain includes mostly plateaus, plains, and highlands. ... Somalia neighbors Djibouti (northwest) that is actually inhabited by Somali-speaking people, the Gulf of Aden and Yemen (north), Ethiopia (west), Kenya (southwest), and the Indian Ocean (east). ... The Republic of Somalia also has its own monetary unit known as the Somali shilling. ... The Republic of Somalia now has current political problems. ... The gates of globalization opened in Somalia when the thousands of Somalis who settles outside of Somalia's borders have tremendously altered the political, social, an...
This shows how huge the scope of corruption is within Somalia (which will come back into play later) but it also means that after nearly 100% of the force defected, Somalis were left again without a police force. ... The literacy rate in Somalia is at about 37% while The DRC is higher with 66% (2). ... Somalia and The DRC sit on two of the most abundant caches of natural resources in the world. ... In The Case of Somalia by Mwangi S. ... If Somalia can begin extracting resources and resist foreign influence to...
To make matters worse, Al-Shabab, the militia associated with al-Qaeda that now holds power in much of southern Somalia, prohibits any international aid agencies from assisting the poverty-stricken Somalis (Raghavan). ... In fact, this militia denies that Somalia is even suffering from a famine, but the United Nations has revealed the extreme condition of the country to outsiders. ... Kenya welcomes about 1,300 Somalis everyday, while Ethiopia receives almost 400 more daily (Raghavan). ... The United Nations declared famine in two southern Somali regions last week. These two regions will...
Somali pirates tend not to go after the tangible cargo of a captured ship. ... The question now raised is, why is this happening in Somalia? ... Somalia can be considered a failed state. ... Militant Islamism is seeking to make Somalia its own. ... Although piracy has no firm connection with Somalia's problem with militant Islamism it is the state's political issues that need to be addressed in order to prevent the Somali people from turning to crime. ...
Neal Ungerleiger's article, "Fighting Somali Pirates with Science", issued on January 1, 2012 is part of a blog featured in "Technoblog" on Msnbc.com. ... Ungerleiger's commentary is responding to the piracy problems in Somalia by promoting new advanced weapons and armed guards. Piracy off the coast of Somalia is growing at alarming rates and threatening ship owners drastically, which is disrupting international trade. ... A variety of arms contractors are making various anti-pirate defense weapons for ships owners to defend from Somali pirates. ... Also, it will even en...
