Somalia’s democracy was destroyed by its military regime in 1969.

Evidence

The Somali people have been subjected to unimaginable cruelties over forty years by the military regime that destroyed their democracy, warlords who brutalized them, pseudoreligious leaders who failed to honor the basic tenets of Islam, corrupt political leaders whose sole aim has been to steal everything, a vicious Ethiopian and Kenyan military occupation masquerading as African brothers, and an international community that subverts Somali civic commonalities by endorsing sectarian agendas. But the Somali people’s resilience continues to inspire. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 22

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Somali parliamentary democracy had by 1969 degenerated into a corrupt vote-trading market; The 1969 election was Somalia’s toughest, with state machinery deployed for the regime; The regime gerrymandered constituencies and pressured officials to rig Somalia’s 1969 election — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1019 (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Somali parliamentary democracy had by 1969 degenerated into a corrupt vote-trading market; The 1969 election was Somalia’s toughest, with state machinery deployed for the regime; The regime gerrymandered constituencies and pressured officials to rig Somalia’s 1969 election — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1019 (+7 more)