Foreign aid itself fueled conflict in southern Somalia

Evidence

This difference between north and south in restoring order also, of course, reflected the relative absence from the north of competing, power-hungry military leaders who sought to mobilize their clan connections with no thought for any wider public good. It also highlighted the divisive impact of foreign aid which, in the course of the following decade, proved to be a major factor fuelling conflict in southern Somalia. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 623

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 623
• XREF: connects to: Post-Siyad Somalia reverted to Burton’s clan republics but with modern arms; Southern Somali warlords reject peace because they profit from maintaining conflict; Somali diaspora remittances exceeded $800 million yearly and funded factional warfare — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 690 (+1 more)

Related

• Somali diaspora remittances exceeded $800 million yearly and funded factional warfare (similarity 0.87)
• Southern Somali warlords reject peace because they profit from maintaining conflict (similarity 0.86)
• Diaspora remittances exceeding $800 million annually sustained faction warfare (similarity 0.84)
• Southern Somalia’s warlords resist peace because conflict preserves their stolen gains. (similarity 0.80)
• North Somaliland restored order through local clan initiatives while the south failed (similarity 0.80)
• UN recruitment inadvertently financed the clan militias it was fighting (similarity 0.79)
• UN infrastructure collapse funded the rise of a new warlord generation (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Southern Somali warlords reject peace because they profit from maintaining conflict #corroborates (0.60)
• Somali diaspora remittances exceeded $800 million yearly and funded factional warfare #corroborates (0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 690