Siad Barre
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Mohammed Siad Barre was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 January 1991.
Official portrait, c. 1970
Barre with Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1976
Rural Somali literacy program
Barre and Queen Juliana in 1978
Somali Civil War
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The Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta led by Siad Barre during the 1980s. From 1988 to 1990, the Somali Armed Fo
Siad Barre
…Opposition grew in the 1980s and in 1991, Barre's government collapsed as the Somali Rebellion successfully ejected him from power, leading to the Somali Civil War and a massive power vacuum in its wake. Barre was forced into exile in Nigeria, where he died in 1995 on the way to the hospital after suffering a heart…
Black Hawk Down Super 64 over Mogadishu coast
Hargeisa destroyed by Somali government
Aus wheat in Somalia
U.S. troops in southern Ethiopia during December 2006