Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال, As-Suumaal), formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a coastal nation at the Horn of Africa in East Africa. Continentally, it is entirely surrounded by Ethiopia and Djibouti on the north and mid-west, by Kenya on its south-west, and by the Gulf of Aden on its north, and the Indian Ocean at its eastern border. It currently exists solely in a de jure capacity. Somalia has no recognized central government authority nor any other feature associated with an established independent state. De facto authority resides in the hands of the governments for the unrecognized entities of Somaliland and Puntland, and with other rival warlords.

History

---

Main article: History of Somalia

The independence of the British Somaliland Protectorate from the United Kingdom was proclaimed on June 26, 1960. On July 1, 1960, unification of the British and ex-Italian Somaliland took place. The government was formed by Abdullahi Issa. Aden Abdullah Osman Daar was appointed as President and Abdirashid Ali Shermarke as Prime Minister. Later, in 1967, Mohammed Ibrahim Egal became Prime Minister in the government appointed by Abdirishid Ali shermarke. Egal was later chosen as President of the self-declared independent Somaliland. He died in a hospital in Pretoria on May 3, 2002.

More on [ Somalia ]

Somalia - Twitter Search

RT @CNN: More than 1 million in Somalia going hungry, aid agency says. http://bit.ly/5Q00mT
lebordelais (Jean-Thomas ) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:30:18 -0000
RT @CNN: More than 1 million in Somalia going hungry, aid agency says. http://bit.ly/5Q00mT
NYT | Threats Lead Food Agency to Curtail Aid in Somalia - When is saving a million lives too expensive even for WFP? http://bit.ly/5oHbmH
atashijp (Samson Yee) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:25:43 -0000
NYT | Threats Lead Food Agency to Curtail Aid in Somalia - When is saving a million lives too expensive even for WFP? http://bit.ly/5oHbmH
News: Threats Lead Food Agency to Curtail Aid in Somalia - New York Times: BBC NewsThreats L.. http://bit.ly/8ixTo3 #news #google
google_news_ca (Google News) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:25:09 -0000
News: Threats Lead Food Agency to Curtail Aid in Somalia - New York Times: BBC NewsThreats L.. http://bit.ly/8ixTo3 #news #google
New Video - UN suspends Somalia food program http://bit.ly/645sMm
manjulaT (Manjula) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:24:39 -0000
New Video - UN suspends Somalia food program http://bit.ly/645sMm
Also in global health news: Aid in S. Somalia; virus-resistant mosquitoes ...: The UN World Food Program (WFP) anno... http://bit.ly/4wRIAW
Ericajohn1 (Erica) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:20:52 -0000
Also in global health news: Aid in S. Somalia; virus-resistant mosquitoes ...: The UN World Food Program (WFP) anno... http://bit.ly/4wRIAW
HUMANITARIAN AID: UN suspends Somalia food relief over Islamist threat: The UN food agency said Tuesday it had .. http://bit.ly/7fd7Az
hazimiai (Hazim Anzawi حازم) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:16:51 -0000
HUMANITARIAN AID: UN suspends Somalia food relief over Islamist threat: The UN food agency said Tuesday it had .. http://bit.ly/7fd7Az

Subscribe to Somalia RSS feed