Somali Civil War : Ask Biography

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Military Conflict

Conflict

Somalia Civil War

Date

1991- present

Location

Somalia

Status

Conflict ongoing -Large displacement of somalian civilians -Unrectified, fragmentation between Transitional Federal Government and unrecognised breakaway states (Somaliland and Puntland) -Elements of radical Islam imposed primarily in southern Somalia

Casualties:
300,000 - 400,000 dead

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The Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war taking place in Somalia. The conflict, which began in 1991, has caused destabilisation throughout the country, with the current phase of the conflict seeing the Somali government losing substantial control of the state to rebel forces. The unrest initially consisted of a series of clashes between various tribalist factions, but since the mid-2000s took a militant Islamist tone.

From 2006-2009, the National Defense Force of Ethiopia was involved in the conflict. Somalia's government declared a state of emergency in June 2009, requesting immediate international support, and the military intervention of neighbouring East African states..