Why Are There So Many Terror Attacks in Somalia? | NowThis World
Somalia has been the victim of multiple terror attacks in just the last year. These attacks have been ongoing throughout the Somali Civil War, and the death toll is astronomical. So, what's...
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In October 2017, a bombing in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu killed and injured hundreds of people, in what’s been called the world’s deadliest terror attack in recent years. It was also the third terror attack in Mogadishu in 2017, and at least the tenth bombing in the past two years. Somalia has experienced mass death and political instability for decades, so why is the country such a target for terrorism? Well, since 1991, and the start of the Somali Civil War, Somalia has wavered between being a fragile and outright failed state. When the government of Siad Barre was overthrown by a military junta, which was the same way Barre came to power in 1969, the country fell into a power vacuum. Warring factions, led by religious and regional clans fought ...
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In October 2017, a bombing in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu killed and injured hundreds of people, in what’s been called the world’s deadliest terror attack in recent years. It was also the third terror attack in Mogadishu in 2017, and at least the tenth bombing in the past two years. Somalia has experienced mass death and political instability for decades, so why is the country such a target for terrorism? Well, since 1991, and the start of the Somali Civil War, Somalia has wavered between being a fragile and outright failed state. When the government of Siad Barre was overthrown by a military junta, which was the same way Barre came to power in 1969, the country fell into a power vacuum. Warring factions, led by religious and regional clans fought ...
