Somalia

Official Name: Federal Republic of Somalia

Region: Horn of Africa, East Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

Capital: Mogadishu

Area: 637,657 km2

Currency: Somali shilling (SOS)

Internet TLD: .so

Calling code: +252

Borders

Djibouti (58 km)
Ethiopia (1,626 km)
Kenya (682 km)
Coastline (3,0250 km) - Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean

Official languages

Somali
Arabic

Government - Federal parliamentary republic

President: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Prime Minister: Abdiweli Mohamed Ali

History:

1884 | British Somaliland
1889 | Italian Somaliland
1960 | Union and independence
1979 | Constitution

Links

Videos

Al Jazeera English | US trains Ugandan soldiers for AU mission | 2 May 2012

A volunteer force of US Marines has begun training Ugandan soldiers who are preparing to join the African Union mission in Somalia. The group regional forces will try to shut down armed groups in the East African nation.

Al Jazeera English | Somalia’s refugees crisis | 07 Dec 2007

The refugee crisis in Somalia is growing as thousands flee Mogadishu to escape fierce battles raging through the capital. It’s a situation the UN describes as worse than the Darfur refugee camps in Sudan. In the absence of relief aid, a humanitarian crisis is now looming large. Al Jazeera has visited the refugees and found them left exposed to the elements. Mohammed Adow reports

Al Jazeera English | Talk to Jazeera - Meles Zenawi | 22 Nov 2007

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow talks to the Ethiopian prime minister about his country’s role in Somalia and asks him whether his country is, as the UN claims, on the verge of war with Eritrea.

Al Jazeera English | An African crisis worse than Darfur | 14 Nov 2007

A UN official in Mogadishu says Somalia now constitutes the worst humanitarian crisis in Africa - worse than Darfur. An estimated 173,000 people have fled fighting in Mogadishu in just the past two weeks alone, bringing the total number of displaced people in the country to 850,000. Not only are refugees overwhelming areas outside Mogadishu, wounded civilians are flooding local hospitals.

Al Jazeera English | Inside Story - Somalia - Part 1 | 23 Apr 2007

Al Jazeera English | Inside Story - Somalia - Part 2 | 23 Apr 2007

Somali leaders call for peacekeepers despite doubts
Monday 28 February 2005
By Mohammed Ali Bile Mohamed Ali Gedi BOSASO, Somalia, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Somalia’s transitional government pledged to stick to its call for African and Arab peacekeepers on Monday, despite opposition from key warlords opposed to (...)
Eritrea angrily denies arming Somali militants
Thursday 3 November 2011
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle November 2, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government has reacted fiercely over media reports on Wednesday that the Red Sea nation has supplied plane loads of weapons to the Somalia extremist group, al-Shabaab. (...)
East African leaders to hold summit on Sudan, Somalia on Saturday
Thursday 6 January 2005
NAIROBI, Jan 6 (AFP) — East African leaders will on Saturday hold a summit in Nairobi to discuss post-conflict reconstruction of Sudan and Somalia, a day ahead of the signing of a final peace deal between Khartoum and southern rebels, (...)
AU Commission delineates hotbeds in Africa
Monday 5 July 2004
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 05, 2004 (PANA) — Southern and western Sudan, Somalia, the Comoros, Burundi, DR Congo, Central African Republic (CAR), Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau and (...)
Ethiopian troops attacked in Somalia as AU announce their pull-out in April
Sunday 11 March 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle March 10, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian forces will hand over two recently captured towns in Somalia which were the strongholds of the Al-Qaida allied Al-Shabab Islamist militants in Somalia to African Union (...)
Oromo refugees reportedly detained and lynched in Somalia
Sunday 14 January 2007
Oromo Relief Association (ORA) The detention, displacement and lynching of Oromo refugees in Somalia January 13, 2007 — Over the last four decades thousands of Oromos who fled from successive repressive regimes in Ethiopia have (...)
Dividing Somalia into Banana Republics
Tuesday 18 April 2006
Who really benefits from a weak Somalia? By Ali H. Abdulla April 17, 2006 — Balkanization refers to the division of a place or country into several small political units, often unfriendly to one another. The term balkanization comes (...)
Somaliland’s slavery of refugees in their own homeland?
Monday 1 June 2015
By Abdirahman Mohamed Dirye From the onset, Aminos had had always pondered escape route from Yemen which was falling apart at the seams. She wished to flee to Somaliland, a place she imagined has a better human rights record than (...)
Ethiopia decides to join AMISOM force in Somalia
Wednesday 13 November 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle November 12, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – A senior government official on Tuesday said that Ethiopian troops will join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as part of the battle against the al-Qaida-allied (...)
AU trains Somali soldiers on humanitarian law
Thursday 22 August 2013
August 20, 2013 (KAMPALA) - The African Union (AU) on Wednesday began a three-day training course on human rights for 32 officers from the Somali National Army (SNA) in the Ugandan capital Kampala. Eloi Yao, the spokesperson of the (...)

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