Genesis of the Civil War in Somalia

This study explores the genesis of the civil war in Somalia by analysing the defeat of Somalia in the 1977 Ogaden war, asserting that this defeat, which was prompted by the intervention of the USSR, was a turning point which unleashed long term socio-political forces that led to the collapse of the central government of the country.

Muuse Yuusuf analyses the history of the Somali civil war, from 19...