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endless clan wars made all the worse by massive amounts of left over US
and Soviet military aid Somalia simply disintegrated into all out chaos.
All foreign aid, including relief, pulled out in the late 90's. It
was during this period that things really went to hell, and some of the
worst attroes in African history took place here. Finally in
2018 after the country had fought itself to complete exhaustion (even though
the wasting plague hit the country hard it did not deter the fighting at
all), the EEC simply walked in. The country which was now in pieces,
and no longer had the strength to fight anyone was ripe for the plucking,
and when the Europeans came and picked up the pieces they immediately asserted
a complete dominance over the region. Regardless of the new plans
to turn the country around and rebuild it, their are still splinter factions
who wish the power for themselves, and infrequent terrorist attacks are
not unheard of. Crime however is rampant among the natives, and the
EDF has established a curfew nation wide from 12 to 5am. Unfortunately
the EEC is too busy establishing its military bases of power to begin serious
rebuilding of the country, and refugees fleeing the US-EEC conflict in
Ethiopia keep pouring in. Somalia has a long long way to go before
it can even hope to get back on its feet.
(Written by Deric "D" Bernier)