A.
Listen to the recording Somalia in Ruins and answer the questions
The following words may help you
Transitional government | – временное правительство |
Militant groups | – вооруженные формирования |
Al-Shabaab | – an islamist insurgent group fighting to overthrow the government of Somalia. As of summer 2010 the group is said to control most of the southern and central parts of Somalia, including a large part of the capital, Mogadishu, where it is said to have imposed its own “harsh” form of Sharia law. |
To strew (strewed, strewn) | – разбрасывать |
Explosive device | – взрывное устройство |
Mortar | – миномет |
To be rigged | – приспосабливаться |
Calamity | – бедствие, катастрофа |
Offshoot | – ответвление, отросток |
To fall prey to somebody | – пасть жертвой кого-то |
A pawn | – пешка |
In the wake of | – как следствие чего-то |
Salient | – основной, бросающийся в глаза |
The questions
1. What are the signs of a failed state in Somalia (throughout the article)?
2. What idea don’t young men like Mohammad have?
3. Why is Mohammad the only member of his family who is working?
4. What is dangerous about fishing?
5. Why did Mohammad stop going to school?
6. How did Al-Shabaab try to recruit Mohammad?
7. What was his family’s decision based on?
8. Where does Al-Shabaab get the money from?
9. Why does the money stop being given to soldiers eventually?
10. What is the young generation in Somalia like?
11. What was a missed opportunity in 2006?
12. Is there any evidence that Al Qaeda will be moving in to the area?
13. How were many African nations seen during the Cold War? After the Cold War?
14. How were they viewed in the wake of September 11?
B. Listen again and try to give a definition of a failed state
