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Article: A patchwork of fiefs; Somalia's government and warlords.(Somalia's parliament has voted out the government, but who will notice?)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2001
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Somalia's parliament has voted out the government. So what?
BEST known for having no government to speak of, Somalia lost what it had this week. On October 28th, the prime minister, Ali Khalif Galaid, lost a vote of no-confidence, which has given him and his 84-member cabinet a month's notice to step down.
His transitional government, which was elected last year at a conference of businessmen, academics and former officials, is recognised by the United Nations, but not by many Somalis. It controls half of Mogadishu and a short strip of coastline. Southern and central Somalia is a patchwork of fiefs. The north has broken away into two separate entities: ...