Foreign Intervention In Somalia Essay

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Foreign involvement in Africa is not a new phenomenon in the history of the continent. External powers have been actively been involved in the affairs of African Countries long before the era of statehood came to the continent on the back of colonialism. From slavery, colonialism and the Cold War, the African continent has been rife with foreign interferences from as early as the 9th century up to the end of the Cold War (Zartman, 1989). This project will seek to analyze the impact of foreign interventions on Africa, using Somalia as the main case study. The project will seek to establish how foreign interventions have impacted Somalia politically, socially and in terms of security.

1.1 Background to the Study
Somalia gained it’s in 1960, when Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland united forming the Republic of Somalia. Somalia went from being regarded as a model of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1960s to being labelled as a failed state in the 21st century. Within 30 years, the Somali state had gone from prosperity to poverty, the military regime of Siad Barre was ousted from power by a coalition of clan militias in 1990, effectively ending the two decade long repressive regimes rule. From that moment onwards Somalia spiraled out of control …show more content…

Numerous foreign interventions have occurred inside Somalia they include; US led UN humanitarian intervention, and the Ethiopian and Kenyan military interventions respectively. All the previous interventions had failed, however currently the African Union (AU) has deployed a peace keeping force called African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) which has made tremendous progress inside the country both politically and in terms of Security. This project will seek to analyze the impact that the numerous foreign interventions have in shaping Somalia socially, economically, and politically (Tariku,

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