Somalia Flashcards
SOMALIA WAS ESTABLISHED IN ? WHEN A BRITISH PROTECTORATE AND AN ITALIAN COLONY MERGED
1960
SINCE 1960, SOMALIA HAS BEEN LARGELY UNSTABLE DUE TO ?
RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURS HAVE BEEN TENSED AND BADLY AFFECTED BECAUSE OF TERRITORIAL DISPUTES WITH ETHIOPIA, KENYA AND DJIBOUTI
FOR ALMOST 2 DECADES SOMALIA HAD NO FUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT AFTER THE OVERTHROW OF PRESIDENT BARRE IN 1991
THE EMERGENCE OF FOREMOST ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST AND TERRORIST GROUP, AL-SHABAAB HAS CREATED SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN NOT JUST SOMALIA BUT IN UGANDA AND KENYA
? WHICH MAINTAINS CLOSE TIES WITH AL-QAEDA AND BOKO HARAM IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST TERRORIST GROUPS IN THE WORLD
AL-SHABAAB,
?HAS TERRITORIAL CONTROL OVER SOME PARTS OF SOUTHERN SOMALIA
AL-SHABAAB
AL-SHABAAB ENFORCES EXTREME SHARIA LAWS ON PEOPLE FOR EXAMPLES?
BAN ON WATCHING AND PLAYING FOOTBALL
BAN ON WOMEN TO WEAR BRAS AND OPEN THEIR HAIRS
ALL MEN MUST KEEP BEARDS
WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK
BAN ON DANCING, PARTYING, LISTENING TO WESTERN MUSIC
BAN ON PORNOGRAPHY
BAN ON STEALING
BAN ON ADULTERY
Examples of their punishments
PUNISHMENTS SUCH AS AMPUTATION, PUBLIC BEATING, PUBLIC EXECUTION AND HANGING ARE USED BY AL-SHABAAB
SOMALIA WHOSE CAPITAL IS? LACKS THE FOLLOWING
ABILITY TO CONTROL ALL ITS TERRITORY
THE GOVERNMENT IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AMENITIES OR IS UNWILLING TO PROVIDE FACILITIES SUCH AS SECURITY, ADEQUATE FOOD, CLEAN WATER, HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND SO ON
MOGADISHU
A BIT OF STABILITY WAS RESTORED IN SOMALIA LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF? IN SETTING UP A GOVERNMENT IN 2012
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
UNDER AL-SHABAAB’s CONTROLLED TERRITORY, NO ONE IS PERMITTED TO CONVERT FROM ISLAM TO CHRISTIANITY. ANYONE THAT IS FOUND GUILTY FACES?
PUBLIC EXECUTION