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8/13/2019 Somalia Powerpoint Proiect

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Why didnt the US help more in the

Rwandan genocide of 1994?


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Conflict in Somalia


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Somalia, Africa

Somalia is locatedin Eastern Africa,

bordering the Gulf

of Aden and theIndian Ocean, east

of Ethiopia.


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TIMELINE 1960- British and Italian parts of Somalia becomeindependent, merge and form the United Republic of

Somalia; Aden Abdullah Osman Daar elected

president.

1967- Abdi Rashid Ali Shermarke beats Aden

Abdullah Osman Daar in elections for president.

1969- Muhammad Siad Barre assumes power incoup after President Shermarke is assassinated.

1970- Barre declares Somalia a socialist state and

nationalizes most of the economy


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1974-75- Severe

drought causes

widespread starvation.


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. 1981- Opposition to

Barre's regime begins to

emerge after he

excludes members ofother clans from

government positions,

which are filled with

people from his ownMarehan clan.


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Background: Somalia

Cold War legacy:

economic ruin and

country awash with

weapons

1991: USC overthrow

Siad Barre

1992: Somali state

collapses


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1992: Death of Somalia

USC splits in warringfactions

(a) President Ali Mahdi

(b) Gen. M. Farah Aideed

Growing humanitariancrisis: war and famine

UN agencies flee Somalia

Deployment of UNOSOM(Aug)


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Summary of Presentation

Foreign governments set up feeding centers in Somalia, such as the one pictured,

in order to help the Somali people overcome starvation.


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Famine in Somalia

Major Causes: War One major reason for

famine in Somalia isthe factional fighting

that has consumedthe continent ofAfrica.

As a result, many

people are deniedfood simply becausethey are on the wrongside of a war.

United States troops were sent to Somalia in December 1992 to protect foodand relief supplies and to help restore order in the country, which was ravagedby civil war. Here, a U.S. soldier opens a sack of food for the people.


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Warring groups would steal food from

starving people


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1992- US Marines land

near Mogadishu ahead

of a UN peacekeeping

force sent to restoreorder and safeguard

relief supplies.

However, they had little

understanding of the

Somali culture.


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1993- US Army Rangers

are killed when Somalimilitias shoot downtwo US helicopters inMogadishu and a battle

ensues. Hundreds ofSomalis die in thebattle depicted in thefilm "Black HawkDown". US missionformally ends in March1994.


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US Black Hawk Helicopter crashes


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Mission over

US soldiers body is

dragged through the

streets of Mogadishu


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1995- UN peacekeepers leave,

having failed to achieve their

mission.

1996- Warlord Muhammad

Aideed dies of his wounds and is

succeeded by his son, Hussein.


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No help for Rwanda

Because of the terrible

outcome in Somalia, the

US and the UN fail to

help end the genocidethat occurs in Rwanda

in April 1994


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Somalia is still an unstable country

Somali pirates are

currently over taking

ships and boats to

kidnap people andcollect ransom.

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