Somalis shrug off failed state tag

The Somali civil war, centring on the capital city of Mogadishu, began on the morning of New Years Eve in 1991 and has evolved into a huge life-sucking black hole, from which there seems no escape. But, thats what black holes do; they devour everything around them, and nothing gets out.

The Horn of Africa country was reportedly put on the list of countries associated with terrorism by former United States president George W Bush after labelling it a failed state.

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