Our Series on Twenty First Century Conflicts takes us to Somalia, a country that fell into civil strife in 1991 and never recovered any unified government.
The fall of the regime of Siad Barre, a socialist autocrat, started a major civil war, in which the Northern Region declared secession as Somaliland. Other regions, such as Puntland, also considered independence, but the balance of power resided mostly into the hands of warlords that sometimes controlled small patches of land. After thirty years of warfare, the country is now trying to reorganize itself into a federated republic, with six states and a capital territory around Mogadishu. However, Puntland and Somaliland are still completely outside of the Federal Government control.
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Somalia in 2022
