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Title:The Somali conflict: clan rivalry or the cabals of a few?
Author:Mahadalla, HassanISNI
Year:1998
Periodical:Horn of Africa
Volume:16
Issue:1-4
Pages:163-170
Language:English
Geographic term:Somalia
Subject:civil wars
Abstract:The author argues that the civil war in Somalia was fomented and executed by a few opportunistic leaders, who viewed politics as merely another mechanism for self-aggrandizement and employed whatever political rhetoric that worked for them in any given situation. He illustrates his point by examining the various eruptions and movements that perturbed the nation since the early nineteen sixties, viz. the mutiny by Hassan-Keyd Abdille in December 1961; the attempt of Mohamud Sheikh Osman (Iro) to overthrow the government; the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) of Colonel Abdullahi Yusef Ahmed; the Somali National Movement (SNM); and the United Somali Congress (USC). Notes, ref.
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