Civilians in Mogadishu flee heavy clashes between Somali government forces backed by African peacekeepers and Islamists. File Photo
By Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra (email the author)
Posted Monday, January 31 2011 at 20:00
Posted Monday, January 31 2011 at 20:00
When I came to Mogadishu… there was one road built by the Italians. If you try to force me to stand down, I will leave the city as I found it,” so said the late Somali president, Gen Mohamed Siad Barre.
On January 26, Somalia marked two decades since his overthrow. In that time, much of the Somali capital, as well as much of the country, has indeed been reduced to rubble.
Still, when history is written, 2010 may well come to be regarded as the year Somalia rejected Barre’s gloomy prediction.
The year witnessed the full deployment of the continental peacekeeping force, the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) as well as the beginning of the collapse of extremist insurgency against the country’s internationally recognised Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Read More
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