Somalia; "Operation Restore Hope"; after the fall of dictator Barre in 1991; civil war breaks out in Somalia. After a decision by the United Nations Security Council; a military action (UNITAF) under the leadership of the USA (with the participation of 35 states; including the Federal Republic of Germany) with the aim of ending the civil war and the famine; restoring public order establish and install a central government.Checkpoint at the entrance to the port in Mogadishu. Somali military has to hand in his weapon (weapons handover point) in order to be able to go to the port area.Mogadishu; March 1993.