Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 53 factions 49 fiefdoms 48 clans 48 splintered 46 balkanized 46 warring factions 45 dictator Mohamed Siad Barre 45 tribal loyalties 45 fractious 44 clan militias 43 polities 43 kingdoms 43 principalities 43 militias 42 warlords 42 ethno religious 42 Islamic Courts UIC 42 warlords overthrew longtime 41 Mohamed Siad Barre 41 sects 41 warring tribes 40 warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed 40 internecine warfare 40 ungoverned 40 fragmented 40 tribal rivalries 40 faction 40 ungovernable 40 Siad Barre 40 insurgencies 40 splintering 39 rebel factions 39 loose confederation 39 cohesive 39 splinter groups 39 secessionist movement 39 Muslim sects 39 redoubts 39 disunited 39 deeply divided 39 fragmenting 38 bitterly divided 38 territorially 38 warlords overthrew dictator 38 militia 38 warlord 38 virtually unchallenged 38 factional 38 religious sects 38 sectarian divides 38 theocracy 38 seceded 38 fiefdom 38 ideological differences 38 lawless 37 autocracies 37 ethnic rivalries 37 amorphous 37 confederacy 37 Prime Minister Nur Hassan 37 tribally 37 unified 37 clan 37 anarchic 37 Yugoslav federation 37 cliques 37 decentralized 37 groupings 37 theocratic 36 homogenous 36 Pashtun tribes 36 disparate 36 Ideologically 36 Sunni Shia 36 unwieldy 36 tribes 36 tyrannies 36 rebellion 36 ideologies 36 loyalists 36 monarchies 36 Luo tribe 36 allegiances 36 ethnically 36 secessionist movements 35 tenuously 35 bitter infighting 35 animist south 35 riven 35 clannish 35 militant factions 35 gangs 35 factional fighting 35 republics 35 coherent 35 polity 35 UN protectorate 35 belligerents 35 quarrelsome 35 clique 35 tribal chiefs