The Civil War

    During the twenty first century the land of Somalia shifted more out of control than ever. In 2001 Somali warlords were backed by the Ethiopian government as a result to try and gain complete power. On February of 2006 what’s known as the “Islamic advance” starts to happen. Later that same year the “Islamic Courts Union” (which is an Islamic militia formed by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys) start fighting and later gain much of southern Somalia and use that land as a base to help start training fighters. As a cause to help with the war to control all power of Somalia the warlords had to steal ships for money. The civil war caused all of Somalia to fall in to chaos. The guilty and the innocent all have to face the same trouble of the war and the famine that is striking Somalia (www.bbc.co.uk).