In 1991 when Mohammed Siyad Barre f

In 1991 when Mohammed Siyad Barre fled the country the state was consumed by a virtual state of anarchy. Somalia has had no recognized government since January 27, 1991, when the United Somali Congress ousted Barre. Overall Somalia is politically unstable. After the collapse of the Somali government various factions decided to vie for control of Somalia,which resulted in chaos, clan warfare, and interclan fighting. Although Somalia is not as lawless as it was at the time when Barre was ousted Somali factions still continue to fight for control of the territory.Somalia has not had a central government since President Siad Barre fled in 1991, leaving the country at the mercy of its numerous warring factions and where clan or Islamic Shari'ah law rule. Owing to continuing unrest in the south, a central government is unlikely to evolve soon. A decentralized central federation of regional political entities has emerged, including the self-proclaimed but unrecognized Republic of Somaliland in the northwest, the self-proclaimed Puntland State in the northeast, Jubaland in the south near Kismayo, and a future Banadir regional administration around Mogadishu when warlords Hussein Aideed (son of late General Farah Aideed) and Ali Mahdi settle their differences.The lack of a centralized state has been a boon for Somaliland and Puntland, as the absence of the corruption and repression that characterized the previous government has facilitated local economic activity. The contrasts between the troubled central and southern regions and the relatively peaceful and stable north are dramatic. In Somaliland and Puntland, the presence of few regulations, nominal taxation, and negligible price controls has encouraged the establishment of many new businesses; but the stability in these areas is indeed relative, and entrepreneurs remain vulnerable to theft and violence. This risk is much greater in the unstable southern and central portions of the country, in which domination by clan militias, banditry, and looting make the free movement of people, goods, and services nearly impossible.When the Transitional National Government was created and President Hassan was appointed to office in 2000 one of the first actions of the government was to establish a military force that would be able to bring peace to the country. 6 weeks after his inaguration, President Hassan solicted 5,000 milita men to begon training as a national force.Somalia currently has no centrally functioning government and has a loosely organized legal system that is virtually ineffective. Somalia is attempting to form a government so that the country can once again stabilize their internal structure. President Abdulkassin Salat Hassan and Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah are attempting to use the Transitional National Government that has been established in Somalia as a way of bringing about unity within the entire country.