Somalia
Conflicts within and against the military regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11905979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Gilkes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 44 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056248908703810 |
| OpenAlex | W2056969752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
On 23 May 1986, President Mohammed Siad Barre sustained serious body and head injuries in a car crash and had to be flown to Saudi Arabia for six weeks hospitalisation. It was months before he recovered fully, though he formally resumed the duties of the presidency again in August. The accident had major political repercussions, setting off political manoeuvres within the government and the President's own clan, the Marehan. For the first time in Siad's 17 years of rule, attention was focused on the succession to the more than 79-year old president. His illness revealed considerable weaknesses and divisions within the regime and a lack of consensus among the various factions and clans on who should succeed him
Clan · Crash · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2018 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |