Sarah Acheson-Field

Research Question: What factors have contributed to the political problems in Somalia?

Thesis: Somalia has been a failed state for so long because of warring clans, dictatorship, and recent famine, all of which has made it even harder for the country to establish a central government.

Topic Sentence #1: Some Somali people have organized themselves in clans as a sort of safety net, but for the people not formed in clans, resources can be taken away very easily due to lack of power.
Topic Sentence #2: Somalia has had a difficult time creating a central government, partially from the shock of a democracy turning into a dictatorship, turning into nothing.
Topic Sentence #3: A recent famine in Somalia has been yet another obstacle this country has had to work around while on their search for stability.

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