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At least 10 heavily armed militants forced their way into a court building Sunday in Mogadishu, Somalia, and launched a deadly attack, according to a local journalist who witnessed the aftermath.
Some of the assailants detonated explosives before others exchanged fire with government security, witnesses said.
Diplomatic sources told CNN that 29 people were killed in the courthouse attack, including a number of militants. Nearly 60 people were wounded in the skirmish, the officials said.
You are talking about Somalia, you do realize, right?
The building that was attacked houses the nations supreme court as well as serving for the local courts. Lets all hope that they can keep there government continuity.
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IMF recognises Somalia government after 22-year break
The International Monetary Fund has recognised the government of Somalia after a break in relations of 22 years.
The move could enable the IMF to provide technical support and policy advice to the impoverished country in the Horn of Africa.
However, the IMF will not lend money to Somalia until it clears a $352m (£230m) debt it owes to the organisation.
The Barre administration was ousted that year by a coalition of clan-based opposition groups, backed by Ethiopia's then-ruling Derg regime and Libya.
It is a competition that used to be fought out with arrows and sabers... Now it is fought out with AK-47s."[94] The resulting famine (about 300,000 dead
The Barre administration was ousted that year by a coalition of clan-based opposition groups, backed by Ethiopia's then-ruling Derg regime and Libya.
www.cja.org...
From 1969 to 1990, president and military dictator Siad Barre oversaw a campaign of widespread atrocities that decimated Somali civil society. To quash separatist movements in the 1980s, the Somali Armed Forces targeted civilians in the northwest, culminating in the bloody 1988 siege of the regional capital Hargeisa, which claimed 5,000 civilian lives. [1] When Barre’s regime finally collapsed in 1991, Somalia was plunged into a chaotic internal conflict from which it has never recovered. Today, Somalia is universally cited as a 'failed state.'
One oasis in Somalia’s devastated social landscape is the self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland. Built on the ashes of Hargeisa and the devastated northwest region, Somaliland—while still unrecognized by the international community—has undertaken a transitional justice effort to re-establish the rule of law and effective governance. While the Somaliland experiment in democracy remains fragile, it offers a glimmer of hope in a region that has not seen peace in three decades. [12]
Today, Somalia is universally cited as a 'failed state.'
They have their own monetary system that is organic to their county's society, that works for them but gives no handle for bankers to get their greedy 'cut' from the economy.