Somalia Religious Radicalism and Tribal Politics

Somalia Religious Radicalism and Tribal Politics. War Provocations, Somalia Religious Tribalism and cause of War. A Book on Somalia. During the last decade or so, but especially during the last year and a half, Somalia has become one of the main battlefields in the US global "war on terror", together with Afghanistan and Iraq. The situation has been further complicated by a chaotic situation prevailing in the country, caused by sixteen long and devastating years of civil war between various Somali clans and sub-clans, while the rival regional powers Ethiopia and Eritrea have tended to take different sides and aid rival clans and sub-clans fighting against each other. Thus, the Somali civil war has developed into a regional and global conflict, which involves many other players, other that those mentioned above, including: al-Qa'ida, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, IGAD, the African Union, the Arab League, and the UN