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U.S. President George H.W. Bush, in his last weeks in office, proposed to the United Nations that American combat troops be sent to Somalia to protect aid workers. The UN accepted Bush's proposal, and on December 9, 1992, a force of about 25,000 U.S. troops began to arrive in Somalia.

The transfer of power to non-Isaaq pro-government individuals further pushed Isaaq communities to rebel against Barre's regime and was one of the main causes of the breakout of the Somaliland War of Independence.

Al-Shabaab-Hizbul Islam conflict The armed conflict between Hizbul Islam and al-Shabaab began due to a dispute between the faction of the Ras Kamboni Brigades led by Sheikh Ahmed "Madoobe" and al-Shabaab, over a power sharing agreement in Kisimayo.

The civil war in Somalia is one of Africa's oldest wars. After 20 years of crisis, the entire country is unstable and dangerous. Learn more about the destructive events that are taking place in eastern Africa and what the ICRC is doing to help civilians caught in this situation of conflict and insecurity.

We argue that competition for resources and power, repression by the military regime and the colonial legacy are the background causes of the conflict. Politicised clan identity, the availability of weapons and the presence of a large number of unemployed youth have exacerbated the problem.

The Somali Rebellion was the beginning of the civil war in Somalia that occurred in the 1980s and early 1990s. The rebellion started in 1978 when President Siad Barre began using his special forces, the "Red Berets" (Duub Cas), to attack clan-based dissident groups opposed to his regime.

The causes of the Somali conflict. The causes of the Somali conflict have their roots both in local factors, including social, cultural, economic and political traits of the Somalis, and external factors, including the geo-political and strategic desire of powers from inside and outside the region.