This country saw the July succession of a faction led by Barre Adan Shire Hiraale, the Juba Valley Alliance. For several years, this nation fought a civil war in its northeast region of Puntland, which is currently classified as semi-autonomous. A JVA ally, the Transitional Federal Parliament, presides in Baidoa, the site of the first battle in this country's more recent conflict. For ten points, name this African country
This country saw the July succession of a faction led by Barre Adan Shire Hiraale, the Juba Valley Alliance. For several years, this nation fought a civil war in its northeast region of Puntland, which is currently classified as semi-autonomous. A JVA ally, the Transitional Federal Parliament, presides in Baidoa, the site of the first battle in this country's more recent conflict. For ten points, name this African country that saw the ousting of the Union of Islamic Courts after the start of a war with Ethiopia late last year, best known to Americans for its capitol, Mogadishu.
This country saw the July succession of a faction led by Barre Adan Shire Hiraale, the Juba Valley Alliance.
{Somalia}