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AHMED ALI M. KHAYRE I. INTRODUCTION Somalia has been reeling from a political stalemate, civil war and lack of functioning central government since the ousting of the military strongman Siyad Barre from power in 1991. The clan-based rebel groups that overthrew the military regime were unable to agree on the formation of a central authority to fill the political void. As a result, the country was plunged into a devastating political turmoil, and a subsequent internecine civil war. Consequently, warlords, faction leaders and clan elders divided the country into fiefdoms and regional administrations. There had been several transitional national administrations since 1991, but all failed to exert their control beyond some parts of the capital Mogadishu.1 The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) that was in power at the time of the invasion in question was formed in 2004 in neighbouring Kenya. In June 2006, after nearly sixteen years of chaos and lawlessness in some parts of the country, especially the capital and other southern regions, the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) ousted the warlords and restored relative peace and stability for six months.2 In late 2006, thousands of heavily armed Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia in what is described as
African Journal of International and Comparative Law – Edinburgh University Press
Published: Jun 1, 2014
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