Somali Civil War

Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta led by Siad Barre during the 1980s. From 1988 to 1990, the Somali Armed Forces began engaging in combat against various armed rebel groups, including the Somali Salvation Democratic Front in the northeast, the Somali National Movement in the Somaliland War of Independence in the northwest, and the United Somali Congress in the south.

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• The carnage inflicted upon the civilian population ... has already earned Mogadishu a special place in the annals of human cruelty.

• Somalia experienced the most tragic year in its modern history in 1992.

• Riven by conflict, devastated by famine, and ignored by most of the international community.

• The longer this important distinction is ignored, the harder it will be to achieve a lasting solution to the Somali conflict.