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Events relating to somalia
British and Italian colonies merge as the independent Somali republic, also known as Somalia, with Aden Abdullah Osman as president
Civil war in Somalia topples the Marxist dictator Mohamed Siad Barre
The UN sends troops to famine-stricken and war-torn Somalia
US and European troops are withdrawn from the UN force in turbulent Somalia
Mogadishu, the capital, is divided between two factions in Somalia's civil war
Asian and African UN troops withdraw from Somalia, though the country is still in a state of violent civil war
The United Nations declares southern Somalia to be in a state of famine, with the disastrous lack of rain driving thousands of refugees into Ethiopia and Kenya
The UN warns that the world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, with up to 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria