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.