Ilaria Alpi arrived in Somalia for the first time in December 1992 to follow, as a TG3 correspondent, the peace mission Restore Hope, coordinated and promoted by the United Nations to put an end to the civil war that broke out in 1991, after the fall of Siad Barre.
In December 1992, Ilaria Alpi traveled to Somalia to report on the UN-led peace mission called Restore Hope, which aimed to stop the civil war that erupted in 1991 after the overthrow of Siad Barre.