"Maybe they thought that the country would not slip into this situation," he said.

For make no mistake, if this country slips back into industrial chaos, its the old, the poor, the vulnerable, who will be left without help.

Somalia has been without a central government since the country slipped into civil war more than a decade ago.

And so the country slipped towards a second civil war.

Tension was continuous, and it was only a matter of time before the two countries slipped into total war.

As the country slipped deeper into anarchy, her plans grew ever more ambitious.

In the absence of strong centralised government and control, the country slipped increasingly into civil war.

If you don't, then maybe the country slips into the chaos and the nukes get loose.

Nearly everybody here has arms, and the country is slipping into chaos.

If so, the country will have slipped into a slump without having fully emerged from the last recession in 1993.