Somalia
Distorting reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12337205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Cornwell (Institute for Security Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 75-78 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Security Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1024-6029 • E-ISSN: 2154-0128 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10246029.2006.9627402 |
| OpenAlex | W2038311506 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) came into being in 2004 as the result of protracted negotiations conducted under the auspices of the Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD). In many respects the TFG was the brainchild of Ethiopia, whose government had long decided that a resuscitated state in Somalia, which had been without an effective government since the fall of Siad Barre in 1991, would have to be kept weak or dependent in order to prevent it renewing its irredentist claims to the Ogaden regions of Ethiopia. The new president of the TFG was Abdullahi Yusuf, who had previously ruled the autonomous territory of Puntland, in north-east Somalia, with considerable Ethiopian military and fi nancial assistance
Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Military government · Negotiation · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture analysis · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |