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Somalis Flee to Ethiopia
About 400,000 refugees left Somalia to go to Ethiopia. -
SNM Formed
The Somali National Movement was based in Ethiopia and attacked the Somali army. It's main goal was to overthrow Barre. -
U.S. Gives $80 Million
Barres regime declared a state of emergency and the United States gave $80 million dollars in economic and millitary aid. -
Siad Barre Arrests Politicians
Siad Barre arrested 17 prominant politicans to try and prove that he held all the power in Somalia. -
Somali Dissidents Invade Somalia
Somali dissients attacked the center of Somalia. They captured the towns Balumbale and Galdogob and threatened to split Somalia in half. -
Somali People in Kenya Killed
Human rights groups say that about 3,000 Somali people were killed by the government for supposedly holding illegal weapons. -
SNM Attacks Burao
This army killed tens of thousands of people in cities near Burao. -
Accused of genocide
By 1988 the Barre regime was accused of genocide against people in the northern part of Somalia. -
U.S. Cuts Supplies
The United States stopped supplying Somalia with weapons and encouraged them to stop fighting. -
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350,000 Somalis Have Died
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Mohamed Siad Barre Flees
In 1991 the President of Somalia fled to Nigeria and left the country without a stable government. -
United Nations Intervenes
Due to the number of Somali's being affected in the conflict the United Nations brought military to try peacekeeping operations. They hoped to end the conflict and create a safe environment to provide assistance to the people. -
Red Cross Says Horrifying Levels of Malnutrition
Nearly 90% of the population near Mogadishu was malnourished and only a third had clean water. -
Potential for Mass Starvation Overcame
Only a year after the Red Cross reported the high number of malnourished people things seemed to be a little bit better. -
United Nations and U.S. Withdraw
Order had not been restored yet when they withdrew and the conflict continued through the 1990's.
