Somali governments maintained genuine neutrality during the first seven years of independence

Evidence

Somali governments during the first seven years of independence stayed true to the idea of neutrality, although that is not what the world powers wanted to hear. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1389

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1389
• XREF: connects to: Somalia stayed non-aligned and aid-rich despite the N.F.D. loss; Osman credited democratic rule and tribal equilibrium for Somalia’s post-coup stability; Somalia maintained nonalignment during its first seven years (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Somalia maintained nonalignment during its first seven years #corroborates (0.95)
• Somali foreign policy balanced Pan-Somali nationalism against broader non-aligned interests #expands (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 496