Wars in the Horn of Africa and the dismantling of the Somali State

Somalia was an artificial colonial construct and had no depth of state formation. Although supposedly homogenous, its clan families operate as independent entities and the reality of any Somali commitment to a single state must be questioned. Under the stresses of military defeat against Ethiopia, a...

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Main Author: Patrick Gilkes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2002-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cea/1280

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