What is Somali Civil War?
The '''Somali Civil War''' started around 1988. The government of [[Siad Barre]] was overthrown in 1991 and the country became lawless. The [[United Nations]] sent peacekeeping forces in 1992 but they left in 1995 and the police force they set up collapsed. Somali was called a failed state. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-01-13|title=Somalia: A failed state is back from the dead|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/somalia-a-failed-state-is-back-from-the-dead-8449310.html|access-date=2023-05-19|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> Many people left the country as [[Somali diaspora|refugees]]. [[Transitional government|Transitional]] governments were set up in 2000 and fighting was reduced until 2007. In 2006, [[Ethiopia]]n troops invaded the south of the country and destroyed the newly formed [[Islamic Courts Union]]. [[Somali National Alliance]] and [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] continued the fighting with a new [[Somali Civil War (2009–present)|Somali Civil War]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:History of Somalia]] [[Category:Civil wars involving Africa]]