The Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta which was led by Siad Barre during the 1980s. From 1988 to 1990, the Somal
Major General Siad Barre, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council and President of Somalia
A destroyed M47 Patton in Somaliland, left behind wrecked from the Somaliland War of Independence
Three knocked-out Somali National Army (SNA) M47 Patton medium tanks left abandoned near a warehouse, photographed by U.S. forces in December 1993
An American soldier at the main entrance to the Port of Mogadishu points to identify a sniper's possible firing position (January 1994).
Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was a Somali militant leader who served as the second emir of al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group based in Somalia. Godane, who received trainin
Godane in an undated video released after his death