• Events in the year 2019 in Somalia. President: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (since 16 February 2017) Prime Minister: Hassan Ali Khaire (since 1 March 2017)...
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    Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and...
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    Air Somalia was a privately owned airline based in Somalia. It was the first private airline owned entirely by Somalis. The carrier was established in 2001...
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    الْقَدَم), nicknamed the Ocean Stars, represents Somalia in international football and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), a member of the...
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    The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war...
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    Federal Government and the Federal Government of Somalia in conflicts. U.S. military actions in Somalia date back to the 1990s; however, following the September...
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    African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a Multinational force formed by the African Union. The operation deployed to Somalia soon after the Islamic...
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    The Somali Civil War (2009–present) is the ongoing phase of the Somali Civil War which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. It began in late...
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  • Piracy off the coast of Somalia occurs in the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, and Somali Sea, in Somali territorial waters and other surrounding places...
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    The Somali Armed Forces are the military forces of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Headed by the president as commander-in-chief, they are constitutionally...
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    predominant religion in Somalia is Islam, with tiny minorities of Christians, traditional African religions and others. Most residents of Somalia are Muslims,...
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    Somaliland (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland; Arabic: جمهورية صوماليلاند, romanized: Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd), is an unrecognised country in the Horn of...
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  • The Somalia affair was a 1993 Canadian military scandal, prompted by the beating to death of Shidane Arone, a Somali teenager, at the hands of two Canadian...
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    Somalia is classified by the United Nations as a least developed country, with the majority of its population being dependent on agriculture and livestock...
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    Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal...
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  • The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, also known as the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia or the Ethiopian intervention in the Somali Civil War, was an armed...
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  • This is a 2019 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present). 15 to 16 January 2019, suicide bombing and mass shootings in the Westlands area...
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    Christianity in Somalia is a minority religion within the country, which has a population over 99% Sunni Muslim, and Islam as the state religion. According...
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    State of Somalia (Somali: Dawlad Goboleedka Koonfur Galbeed ee Soomaaliya, Af-May: Koofur Orsy), is a Federal Member State in southwestern Somalia. It was...
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    The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaali Galbeed, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሊያ ጦርነት, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya somalīya...
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  • Women in Somalia form a key part of Somali society, with clearly defined and important roles in the family and structure. This includes Somali women in Somaliland...
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    Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland...
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    The Somali people (Somali: Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, Wadaad: صومالِدَ‎) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share...
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    States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia from 5 December 1992 until 4 May 1993. A United States initiative (code-named...
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    the Transitional Federal Government), there was no central government in Somalia. Large areas of the country such as Puntland and Galmudug were internationally...
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  • The 2019 Somali First Division is the 46th season of the Somali First Division, the top-tier football league in Somalia. The season started on 7 February...
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    affiliations and other aspects of the population. Somalia is believed to be one of the most homogeneous countries in Africa. Child marriages, known to deprive...
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    southern Somalia beginning in 2011. The Kenyan government declared the operation completed in March 2012, but its forces then joined AMISOM in Somalia. The...
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    was a socialist state that existed in Somalia from 1969 to 1991. The Somalia Democratic Republic was established in October 1969 as a Marxist-Leninist...
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    based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa. It is actively involved in the ongoing Somali Civil War and incorporates elements of Somali nationalism...
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