Somali Authority From The Barrel Of A Gun

The Somali government's authority, which comes only from the barrel of a gun,stretches for several hundred yards from the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu and then ends.

Up to 7,000 African Union troops help prop up the Somali government

After that a whole range of militias, Islamist groups, pirates and regional warlords control different parts of the country at different times.
What passes as executive power, led by President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, is called the Transitional Federal Government, which as the name suggests is supposed to control the country as it transits from anarchy to stability.Read More