Somalia Flashcards

1
Q

SOMALIA WAS ESTABLISHED IN ? WHEN A BRITISH PROTECTORATE AND AN ITALIAN COLONY MERGED

A

1960

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SINCE 1960, SOMALIA HAS BEEN LARGELY UNSTABLE DUE TO ?

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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

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? WHICH MAINTAINS CLOSE TIES WITH AL-QAEDA AND BOKO HARAM IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST TERRORIST GROUPS IN THE WORLD

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AL-SHABAAB,

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?HAS TERRITORIAL CONTROL OVER SOME PARTS OF SOUTHERN SOMALIA

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AL-SHABAAB

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AL-SHABAAB ENFORCES EXTREME SHARIA LAWS ON PEOPLE FOR EXAMPLES?

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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

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Examples of their punishments

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PUNISHMENTS SUCH AS AMPUTATION, PUBLIC BEATING, PUBLIC EXECUTION AND HANGING ARE USED BY AL-SHABAAB

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7
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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

A

MOGADISHU

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A BIT OF STABILITY WAS RESTORED IN SOMALIA LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF? IN SETTING UP A GOVERNMENT IN 2012

A

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

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9
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UNDER AL-SHABAAB’s CONTROLLED TERRITORY, NO ONE IS PERMITTED TO CONVERT FROM ISLAM TO CHRISTIANITY. ANYONE THAT IS FOUND GUILTY FACES?

A

PUBLIC EXECUTION

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