Somalia: President Siad Barre - Memories 50 Years Later

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On October 21, a day like today in 1969, a bloodless coup resulted in the installment of President Siad Barre.

From 1969 to 1978, the Barre Regime enjoyed relative popularity and financial support from both the Soviet Union and Western institutions.[ While projecting an image of Somalia as a constitutional state to international actors, Barre cultivated a patrimonial state that increasingly revolved around clan identity.

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