The fall of Siad Barre and the collapse of the state

Consequences

what this set in motion, following the causal links

• caused The Dadaab refugee complex opens 1991 Somalia civil war and state collapse drove the refugee flow into Dadaab.
• enabled Somali warlords and faction leaders gather in Eldoret 2002 Somalia could not host a durable national process while armed factions controlled the ground.
• preceded Mbagathi conference drafts Somalia's transitional charter 2004 The Eldoret process moved into the later Mbagathi phase near Nairobi.
• enabled Somalia elects Abdullahi Yusuf in Nairobi 2004 The charter and transitional parliament set up the Nairobi presidential vote.