He had just been born when Somalia's last president, a cultish dictator named Mohamed Siad Barre, was overthrown ... even further as Ethiopian forces, which had invaded Somalia late in 2006 ...

An alleged Somali war criminal who fled to the United States has been working as a security guard at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. Mohamed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad ...

Somaliland has been a self-governing region of Somalia ... President Siad Barre, which seized power in 1969. In January 1991, SNM and other insurgent groups ousted Barre, whose forces had killed ...

Here are some key facts about the territory: - Independence declaration - Somaliland declared independence from war-torn ...

The 15-member council unanimously passed to a resolution allowing light arms to be sold to the Somali armed forces as they seek ... fall of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre as rival warlords battled ...

D.C. Mohamed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Arabic: محمّد سياد بري‎) (b. October 6, 1919 – January 2, 1995) was the military dictator and President of the Somali ...