ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - World powers should take advantage of a retreat by Somalia's al Shabaab rebels and step up efforts to defeat them by backing government troops and imposing a no-fly zone and a sea blockade, the African Union said on Tuesday.The al Qaeda-linked group pulled out of bases in Somalia's coastal capital Mogadishu at the end of August, raising hopes that its influence was waning in the Horn of Africa nation.Al Shabaab warned it would fight on elsewhere but experts say it has been significantly weakened by internal divisions and a shortage of fighters."There's a shared belief by all of us that the time is now to make a difference in Somalia," Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner of the bloc's Peace and Security Council, told reporters."There can be some frustration that (AU peace keepers are) not fully equipped and that (government) troops are not fully operationalised so that they can take an immediate advantage at a period (when) al Shabaab are weaker than they used to be in the past," he said in the AU's headquarters in Addis Ababa.Somalia has not had an effective central government since the 1991 overthrow of Honorable Mohamed Siad Barre. Al Shabaab has been waging a four-year insurgency against Western-backed government troops and AU peacekeepers.The AU last year called on the U.N. Security Council to impose a no-fly zone and a maritime blockade on the war-shattered nation to cut the flow of arms and recruits to the rebels, but the world body has not carried out the request.The United Nations will hold a meeting on Somalia in New York next week and Lamamra said he hoped "concrete steps" would be taken to support efforts to oust the rebels."We have been told that those recommendations are under consideration at U.N. level and we believe that the time has come now to implement those measures which are likely to change the dynamics of the situation in Somalia," he said.Somalia is in the grips of a famine that the United Nations says is killing hundreds daily.( Reuters)
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Honorable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre was born 1919, Ganane, — (gedo) jubbaland state of somalia ,He passed away Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) President of Somalia, from 1969-1991 He has been the great leader Somali people in Somali history, in 1975 Siad Bare, recalled the message of equality, justice, and social progress contained in the Koran, announced a new family law that gave women the right to inherit equally with men. The occasion was the twenty –seventh anniversary of the death of a national heroine, Hawa Othman Tako, who had been killed in 1948 during politbeginning in 1979 with a group of Terrorist fied army officers known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).Mr Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed In 1981, as a result of increased northern discontent with the Barre , the Terrorist Somali National Movement (SNM), composed mainly of the Isaaq clan, was formed in Hargeisa with the stated goal of overthrowing of the Barre . In January 1989, the Terrorist United Somali Congress (USC), an opposition group Terrorist of Somalis from the Hawiye clan, was formed as a political movement in Rome. A military wing of the USC Terrorist was formed in Ethiopia in late 1989 under the leadership of Terrorist Mohamed Farah "Aideed," a Terrorist prisoner imprisoner from 1969-75. Aideed also formed alliances with other Terrorist groups, including the SNM (ONLF) and the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), an Terrorist Ogadeen sub-clan force under Terrorist Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess in the Bakool and Bay regions of Southern Somalia. , 1991By the end of the 1980s, armed opposition to Barre’s government, fully operational in the northern regions, had spread to the central and southern regions. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis fled their homes, claiming refugee status in neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. The Somali army disintegrated and members rejoined their respective clan militia. Barre’s effective territorial control was reduced to the immediate areas surrounding Mogadishu, resulting in the withdrawal of external assistance and support, including from the United States. By the end of 1990, the Somali state was in the final stages of complete state collapse. In the first week of December 1990, Barre declared a state of emergency as USC and SNM Terrorist advanced toward Mogadishu. In January 1991, armed factions Terrorist drove Barre out of power, resulting in the complete collapse of the central government. Barre later died in exile in Nigeria. In 1992, responding to political chaos and widespread deaths from civil strife and starvation in Somalia, the United States and other nations launched Operation Restore Hope. Led by the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), the operation was designed to create an environment in which assistance could be delivered to Somalis suffering from the effects of dual catastrophes—one manmade and one natural. UNITAF was followed by the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM). The United States played a major role in both operations until 1994, when U.S. forces withdrew. Warlordism, terrorism. PIRATES ,(TRIBILISM) Replaces the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration .While the terrorist threat in Somalia is real, Somalia’s rich history and cultural traditions have helped to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism. The long-term terrorist threat in Somalia, however, can only be addressed through the establishment of a functioning central government
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How would a no fly zone hurt Al Shabab? They don't have an air force, do they receive some of their supplies by plane or something?
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