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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.
Additionally, Somali women have a long tradition of wearing gold and silver jewelry, particularly bangles. During weddings, the bride is frequently adorned in gold. Many Somali women by tradition also wear gold necklaces and anklets. Xirsi, a quranic necklace, also worn in countries such as Ethiopia and Yemen, is also frequently worn.
A stadium in Somalia's violence-prone capital is hosting ... of people to a sports facility that had been abandoned for decades and later became a military base amid the country's civil war. ...
The Somali Civil War (2009–present) (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya ilaa 2009kii; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية منذ عام ٢٠٠٩, romanized: al-ḥarb al-'ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya mundh 'eam 2009) is the ongoing phase of the Somali Civil War which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. [1]
7 November – Eleven Somali Army soldiers were killed in an Al-Shabaab attack near Wayaanta near Kismayo in southern Somalia. [50] 13 November – Three Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in an Al-Shabab improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a military vehicle in Mogadishu's Daynile district. [51]
“A lot of the first generation — due to their experience in refugee camps or their parents going through the (Somali) civil war — there is a very high rate of trauma symptoms and other ...
During 1991 and 1992 southern Somalia was struck by an exceptionally harsh drought. [8] [9] Concurrently, traditional coping methods broke down as the civil war spread into the south and law enforcement disintegrated. The largest contributing factor behind the famine was the devastation inflicted on infrastructure and farmland by warfare in the ...
On 16 August, famous Somali traditional poet Abwan Jama Kadiye was reportedly killed by a mortar shelling in Las Anod. Both Somaliland and SCC-Khatumo blamed each other for his death. [56] [57] The loss of a respected poet and community member sparked outrage among the residents of Khatumo and Somalia. Some individuals within Khatumo even ...