1. Hannah Casey and Robbie Scully SOMALIA http://i.infoplease.com/images/msomalia.gif

2.  Collapse of the government in 1991  Country divided among several ethnic clans each with sub-clans  Various clans claimed control of different parts of the country  Islamist militias took control circa 2004-2006 WHAT LIES AT THE ROOT OF THIS CONFLICT? http://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/Somalia%20conflict.jpg

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4.  Main problem- warfare against clans  Some violence with neighboring clans  Famine WHAT FORM DOES THIS CONFLICT TAKE? http://www.jhsph.edu/sebin/n/n/somalia%20graph.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys- images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/27/1243436054085/Somalia-civil- war-Islamic-015.jpg

5.  Eritrea- Allies with the Islamists  Ethiopia- against Islamists  United States- claimed some Islamic and clan leaders were terrorists WHAT IS THE SPATIAL EXTENT OF THIS CONFLICT? http://www.subulahanews.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/07/Horn_081218.gif

6.  Since 1991 - collapse of the dictatorship HOW LONG HAS THERE BEEN A CONFLICT? http://geopoliticalmonitor.com/dyn/images/3/2694.jpg http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images//2008/11/16/2008111610595 5320734_5.jpg

7.  1992- estimated 300,000 people, mostly women and children, died from famine and warfare  Several hundred refugees HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED? IN WHAT WAYS? http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50959000/gif/_50959475_som ali_reguess_464gra.gif

8.  Global- U.S. involvement.  Regional- Some violence among neighboring countries as well as aid  Local- Famine and warfare  Somali deaths EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS CONFLICT PRESENTS ITSELF AT A GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL SCALE. https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTI7PGH1zmIYCw7yp- m-vIjJ8WtHGZyMbqxqfn5XuMfDVBCsB_c