The Battle For Somalia

Since the fall of the regime of Siad Barre in 1991, Somalia has been torn by internal conflict, exacerbated by foreign interventions, including an ongoing fight against the Al-Shabaab militant group. Above, a Somali soldier stands at the site of a suicide car bombing near the port of Mogadishu on July 4, 2020. Somalia has struggled with instability and internal conflict since the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991. After 20 years in power, Barre's increasingly authoritarian rule...