The AU Standby Force and the Challenge of Somalia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12337386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deane-Peter Baker, Deane‐Peter Baker (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 120-123 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/10246029.2007.9627422 |
| OpenAlex | W2070986026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Let us recap. In December 2006, in response to what seemed like the imminent fall of the southern city of Baidoa to the forces of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), Ethiopian troops launched an offensive into Somalia in support of the country’s beleaguered interim federal government. Apparently catching the UIC off-guard, Ethiopian soldiers – backed by tanks, artillery, attack helicopters and fi xed-wing ground attack aircraft – quickly drove the UIC forces out of Mogadishu and most of the territory it had previously occupied. The remnants of the UIC fl ed to a rugged, forested corner of southern Somalia on Kenya’s border
Development economics · Economics · International trade · Political economy · Political science · African history and culture analysis
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2017 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |