Armed conflict

Somalia: Government

1989 – 2025 · 2.07° N, 45.37° E

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When
1989 – 2025
Kind
Armed conflict
Deaths
52,233
Coordinates
2.07° N, 45.37° E
Incompatibility
government
Type of conflict
internationalized intrastate
Types of conflict
intrastate, internationalized intrastate
Region
Africa
Location
Somalia
Side a
Government of Somalia

Placed at the middle of its 5,638 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).

Somali Civil War

Ongoing civil war in East Africa

The Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta led by Siad Barre during the 1980s. From 1988 to 1990, the Somali Armed Forces began engaging in combat against various armed rebel groups, including the Somali Salvation Democratic Front in the northeast, the Somali National Movement in the Somaliland War of Independence in the northwest, and…

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