Page "Foreign relations of Somalia" Paragraph 16

Since the fall of the Barre regime in 1991 and the breakout of the Somali civil war, the foreign policy of the various entities in Somalia centered on gaining international recognition, winning international support for national reconciliation, and obtaining international economic assistance.

Many of those goals were upset by the failure and ultimate withdrawal of the UN missions to Somalia 1992 – 1995.

No power in Somalia was seen as holding the sovereign authority over the state, and thus, foreign relations on a formal basis were untenable.

However, this changed with the establishment in 2004 of the Transitional Federal Government, an entity which currently enjoys international recognition and support.