Somalia: Issues, History, and BibliographyThis country shares the status of Afghanistan until recently of being without a government. It also seems to be a possible nesting ground for members of the al-Qaeda terror network. Somalia has been in the world spotlight numerous times in the 1990s. This book brings together important issues of Somalia along with a brief version of its history and a selective bibliography. |
Contents
SOMALIA | 15 |
SOCIETY | 16 |
TRANSPORTATION | 18 |
NATIONAL SECURITY | 19 |
THEIR ORIGINS MIGRATIONS AND SETTLEMENT | 31 |
IMPERIAL PARTITION | 32 |
FROM INDEPENDENCE TO REVOLUTION | 34 |
SOMALIAS DIFFICULT DECADE 198090 | 35 |
HEALTH | 50 |
REFUGEES | 51 |
BREAKDOWN OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE | 55 |
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | 56 |
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE | 58 |
POLITICAL DYNAMICS | 60 |
FOREIGN RELATIONS | 61 |
NATIONAL SECURITY | 62 |
THE SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT | 37 |
PHYSICAL SETTING | 39 |
POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS | 40 |
THE SEGMENTARY SOCIAL ORDER | 43 |
LINEAGE SEGMENTATION AND THE SOMALI CIVIL WAR | 46 |
RELIGIOUS LIFE | 47 |
LANGUAGE | 48 |
STATE SECURITY SERVICES | 67 |
CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 70 |
OPERATION RESTORE HOPE | 75 |
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administration Africa Watch African History Cambridge Aideed Aidid Arab areas armed forces Baidoa Barre regime Berbera British Somaliland camps central Chisimayu civil civilians clan clan-families colonial conflict Congress constitution Cushitic Daarood December Development Digil Digil and Rahanwayn Djibouti drought early economic Egypt Ethiopia ethnic Somalis foreign groups Hargeysa Hawiye HMSO Horn of Africa human rights IGAD Institute International Isaaq Islamic January Journal of African Jubba Kenya lineage London Mahammad Siad Mahdi Majeerteen major military aid military assistance million Ministry Mogadishu Mohammed Muslim nomads northern officers Ogaden Ogaden War Operation Restore Hope pastoral peace percent personnel political population port president programs reconciliation refugees region religious Report Republic of Somaliland Samaal Samatar Siad Barre Siad Barre's regime Somali National Movement Somali Police Force Somali society southern Somalia Soviet Union territory towns United Nations United Somali Congress University Press urban warlords Washington York