- Physical Map of Somalia. The country of Somalia is basically made up of flat lands; if at all there is an increase in altitude, it rises to form a table land or plateau.
- MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Qatar-hosted Somalia diaspora conference, which kicked in Doha this week, has given a new hope of revival for the party of...
- The milestone marks Puntland as the first regional state in Somalia to hold such elections for local government councils.
- By the eighteenth century the Somalis had defeated the Oromo people, who had threatened both Muslims and Christians in Ethiopia and Somalia.
- The Republic of Somalia experienced fragmentation in the 1990s: the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland asserted its independence from Somalia in 1991...
- Somali and Arabic are the official languages of Somalia. Somalia got independence in 1960 and adopted its first constitution in 1961.
- Since 1991, Somalia has essentially been a collapsed state and has experienced chronic food insecurity, widespread violence, and recurring droughts and floods.
- Al-Shabab - a jihadist breakaway from the Islamic Courts - advance into southern and central Somalia, prompting an armed intervention by Kenya.
- Additionally, research shows that in countries where 60% of the population is under 30, like Somalia (70%), the risk of civil conflicts is much higher.
- It's important to note that Somalia, at this point, was about as wealthy and powerful as any other notable region in during this time.