The government became increasingly totalitarian , culminating in the Isaaq genocide ( 1987-1988 ) , largely destroying several major cities and targeting members of the Isaaq clan . Estimates of civilian deaths range from 50,000-100,000 up to over 200,000 . Such tactics from the government prompted resistance movements , supported by Ethiopia , which sprang up across the country and eventually led to the Somali Civil War . Among the militia groups were the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( SSDF ) , United Somali Congress ( USC ) , Somali National Movement ( SNM ) and the Somali Patriotic Movement ( SPM ) , together with the non-violent political oppositions of the Somali Democratic Movement ( SDM ) , the Somali Democratic Alliance ( SDA ) and the Somali Manifesto Group ( SMG ) . Barre was removed from power on January 26 , 1991 , and Somalia subsequently collapsed into anarchy
Isaaq genocide
Isaaq genocide
Somali Democratic Republic