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Al Shabaab, meaning The Youth in Arabic, is the largest militant organization fighting to oust the Somalian government. The group seeks to control territory within Somalia in order to establish a society based on its rigid interpretation of Shariah law.
The Somali Civil War is an armed conflict in Somalia that started in 1991, following the overthrow of the dictator, Siad Barre. The former British Empire of Somaliland, which had merged with Italian Somalia in 1960, declared unilateral independence in 1991, but has not attracted international recognition.