Editing African Socialism (section)

====[[File:Tribal.png]]Clannism====
After the Ogaden War, Barre adopted a "clannism" ideology and abandoned his "socialist facade" to hold onto power. A 120,000-strong army was built for internal repression of the public and to encourage rural clan-based conflicts, in addition to urban clan-directed massacres by specialised armed forces. Barre also singled out the Isaaq clan for a "neo-fascist" type punishment resulting in a "semi-colonial" type subjugation, which fuelled collective self-assertion to supporters of the Somali National Movement.

By the mid-1980s, more resistance movements supported by Ethiopia's communist Derg administration had sprung up across the country. Barre responded by ordering punitive measures against those he perceived as locally supporting the guerrillas, especially in the northern regions. The clampdown included bombing of cities, with the northwestern administrative center of Hargeisa, a Somali National Movement (SNM) stronghold, among the targeted areas in 1988. General Mohammed led the bombardment, said Hersi Morgan, Barre's son-in-law, and it resulted in the deaths of 50,000 people in the north.