Siad Barre and Somali Civil War

ND – MPE: 0.2

White cites estimates that 0.5 million people were killed in the Somali Civil War after the fall of Siad Barre’s regime. But most of these victims died from famine and disease. It is unclear how many died as a result of criminal policies.

The article called “Somalia: Fall of Siad Barre and the civil war” on the website “Mass Atrocity Endings” cites estimates for the number of civilians killed by Barre’s regime and the civil war from 1969 to 1991, which range from 0.05 to 0.1 million, half of them killed by the regime.

The United States gave substantial amounts of military aid to Siad Barre’s regime.

Plausible estimates for the number of civilians killed by nondemocratic forces range from 0.05 to 0.3 million. I choose 0.2 million as the most plausible estimate.