“Somalia gained new notoriety this week, as revelations about recent U.S. drone strikes there surfaced and the Eastern African nation was ranked first on a list of the most failed states in the world.
The Fund for Peace launched its 2011 Failed State Index at an event earlier this week, listing Somalia as No. 1 for the fourth year in a row, due to a combination of ‘widespread lawlessness, ineffective government, terrorism, insurgency, crime, abysmal development and piracy.’ “
(Somalia, Yemen Tops World’s Most Failed State Index – ABC News)
