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Lots of countries have had civil wars, in recent years this number has grown to include Libya, Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Chad and Sierra Leone. Yet none of these countries have had such a comprehensive collapse of government authority as Somalia and I'm curious as to why this is. Was the Barre regime particularly effective at stoking sectarian unrest? Or is Somalia made up of a higher number of different tribes, which makes forming a cohesive government difficult?

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