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The Beginning
Somali a country located in Africa known to be a great place of suffering. A country that has outrages crime rate and war within the government, resulted in a civil war and made it into an international conflict. http://www.operationworld.org/files/ow/maps/lgmap/soma-MMAP-md.png -
Conflict
January 27, 1991 rebels overran Somali capital and forced the dictator Muhammad Siad Barre to flee his own country. This was the start of a civil war in Somali. Thousands of local population also fled to survive. New clans started forming and a new president of the Republic was declared and it was Ali Mahdi Mohammad. https://factsempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/627x0.jpg -
U.S. Involvement
Starvations, Civil Wars, and disease that killed over 350,000 Somalis caused the United States of America under President George H. W. Bush to intervene. President Bush ordered to send food and supplies to Somalia. Operation Restore Hope was developed and President Bush sent 1,800 United States Marines in support of peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance. http://img.timeinc.net/time/europe/magazine/20011119/011119somalia.jpg -
Operation Restore Hope
Operation Restore Hope took full affect. The battle between Somali rebels and the U.S. ignited and the U.S. had killed hundreds of the Somali rebels. The Somali rebels shot down two U.S. Helicopters, resulting in 18 deaths of U.S. Army Ranger and one Malaysian. https://i.pinimg.com/600x315/80/2c/30/802c30fa4240c8bb8843923ea44f82f1.jpg -
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Operation Restore Hope Ended
The mission Operation Restore Hope finally ended March 1994. Starvation has ended and the restoration had begun. The U.S. lost 43 Soldiers and 153 wounded during the war. This mission cost U.S. $1.7 billion dollars. After the United Peacekeeper evacuated Somalia Mohamed Farak Aidid declared himself to be the president. -
Assassination Mohmaed Farrah Aidid
Mohamed Farrah Aidid August 1, 1996 died from a gunshot wound during the fight in Modgadishu. His son Hussein was announced as the new leader. http://www.aideed.com/uploads/content/photo/78.jpg -
Ethiopian Forces Invades
Ethiopian forces invade and capture the regional capital of Garba Harre, which lies 250 miles northwest of Mogadishu, in order to try to suppress fighting among rebel groups. http://somalitalk.com/web/wpcontent/uploads/2014/02/amismitobia.jpg -
New President and Outbreak
Hussein was killed during an ambush north of Mogadishu. 110 people died from an outbreak of Cholera within 2 days. Abdulkassim Salat Hassan was named to be the new president of Somalia. Gelayadh announced his government. A cholera outbreak due to unsanitary water kills hundreds of Somalis.
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Restoring Central Government
Took 14 attempts to restore the central government. Abdullahi Yusuf was elected as the new president. A big Tsunami off the Indonesia destroyed the coast of Somali. Government begins returning home from exile. November 2005 Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi survived an assignation attack. -
Meeting in Baidoa
In 2004 the government meets for the first time in the town of Baidoa. Deadly fighting breaks out in Mogadishu between warring militias, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians. http://www.keydmedia.net/images/sized/article-images/Baidoa_Google_Earth-620x330.jpg -
President Abdullahi and U.S. Air Strikes
President Abdullahi enters Mogadishu.
U.S. Air Strike kills the leader of Al-Shabaab insurgent group Aden Hashi Ayro and strikes Southern Somalia where Al-Qaeda was hiding. https://static.pulse.ng/img/news/origs6661352/2340483284-w980-h640/acafd2a7b286f0cdb6728f8fb1e1882a47cfe150.jpg -
United Nation Security
The UN Security Council approves the sending of other countries' warships to Somalia’s territorial waters in order to combat the threat of Somali pirates, who have begun hijacking ships regularly.
The head of the UN Development Program in Somalia is killed by gunmen in Mogadishu.
Fighting continues, including coordinated suicide bomb attempts in the semiautonomous peaceful regions of the country.
3.5 million Somalis suffer from war and famine.
