Since last December, Somalia has been in a de facto state of civil war. The secular government, supported by the UN, the European Union, and the United States, with military reinforcements from Ethiopia, has been fighting insurgents from the Union of Islamic Courts, a group accused of harboring al-Qaeda terrorists whose leaders are supported by Eritrea.
自从去年十二月开始索马里就进入了实际的内战状态。得到联合国、欧盟和美国支持，并拥有来自埃塞俄比亚的援军的世俗政府一直与伊斯兰法庭联盟的叛乱者进行战斗。该组织被控为“基地”恐怖分子提供庇护，而其领导人也得到了厄立特里亚的支持。