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All in all, the number of Bantu inhabitants in Somalia before the civil war is thought to have been about 80,000 (1970 estimate), with most concentrated between the Juba and Shabelle rivers in the south. [16] Recent estimates place the figure as high as 900,000 people, however, lower estimates place the figure between 500,000 and 600,000. [17] [13]
The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta which was led by Siad Barre during the 1980s.
Bantu farmers near Kismayo. Various terms differentiating the Somali Bantu from ethnic Somalis have been in usage for a long time. However, the term "Somali Bantu" in specific is an ethnonym that was created by humanitarian agencies shortly after the outbreak of the civil war in Somalia in 1991.
The regime was weakened further in the 1980s as the Cold War drew to a close and Somalia's strategic importance was diminished. The government became increasingly totalitarian, and resistance movements, encouraged by Ethiopia, sprang up across the country, eventually leading to the Somali Civil War.
23 January – Three Al-Shabaab militants were killed and Six wounded in an operation carried out by Somali National Army in Ceelgaras village, Galgaduud region. [ 5 ] 24 January – The Puntland Security Forces liberated the towns of Turmasaale and Janno-Jiifta from ISIS militants.
Around the time Christmas was starting to become a national holiday in the late-19th century, propagandists of the Lost Cause—the myth that the Civil War was fought for states rights and not for ...
People of the Somali Civil War ... History of Somalia (1991–2006) L. ... Template:Campaignbox Somali Civil War; Template:Campaignbox United Nations Intervention in ...
A violent clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 55 people and injured another 155, residents and medical officials said on Monday. Somalia's federal ...