Somalia syndrome

English Noun - 1 en politics historical A feeling of reluctance among Western nations (particularly the United States) to intervene militarily in African conflicts and humanitarian crises following the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, which was regarded in the US as a disaster. w:William Finnegan No Peace to Keep https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/06/12/no-peace-to-keep https://web.archive.org/web/20251112062707/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/06/12/no-peace-to-keep 12 November 2025 4 June 1995 How much longer can this perverse, unspoken U.N. assignment last? Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the U.N. Secretary-General, has taken to warning against what he calls the Somalia syndrome, by which he means discouragement among the governments contributing to the mission and a consequent humiliating U.N. departure. See also en Vietnam syndrome en Somalia