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The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; Arabic: الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, al-Jumhūriyyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah aṣ-Ṣūmāliyyah) was a socialist state in Somalia that existed from 1969 to 1991.
Somali (Somali: Somaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa.
The Somali Democratic Republic achieved a literacy rate of 70%, one of the highest in Africa at the time. [ 155 ] [ 156 ] In addition to a nationalization program of industry and land, the new regime's foreign policy placed an emphasis on Somalia's traditional and religious links with the Arab world , eventually joining the Arab League in ...
2.4 Federal Republic of Somalia. 3 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... Somali Democratic Republic. July 13, 1977 C.E. – March 15, 1978 C.E. Ethio—Somali War;
The Isaaq genocide (Somali: Xasuuqii beesha Isaaq; Arabic: الإبادة الجماعية لقبيلة إسحاق), [7] [8] also known as the Hargeisa Holocaust, [8] [9] [10] was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide of Isaaq civilians between 1987 and 1989 by the Somali Democratic Republic, under the dictatorship of Siad Barre, during the Somaliland War of Independence.
14 Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991) 15 Somali National Movement (1981-1991) 16 Republic of Somaliland (1991-Present) 17 See also. 18 References. Toggle the ...
During early 1991, the government of the Somali Democratic Republic collapsed as the Somali Rebellion transitioned into the full scale Somali Civil War. Between 1991 and 2000, no central government existed in Somalia. During 2000, the Transitional National Government (TNG) was formed. Another attempt was in Kenya during 2004 led to the ...
The SRC subsequently renamed the country the Somali Democratic Republic, [23] [24] arrested members of the former government, banned political parties, [25] dissolved the parliament and the Supreme Court, and suspended the constitution.