Events in the year 2019 in Somalia. President: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (since 16 February 2017) Prime Minister: Hassan Ali Khaire (since 1 March 2017)...
5 KB (433 words) - 22:27, 8 October 2023
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and...
234 KB (22,932 words) - 15:51, 12 September 2024
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...
7 KB (492 words) - 22:23, 30 May 2023
The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war...
109 KB (9,731 words) - 18:26, 11 September 2024
الْقَدَم), nicknamed the Ocean Stars, represents Somalia in international football and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), a member of the...
44 KB (755 words) - 12:05, 6 September 2024
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...
176 KB (16,100 words) - 05:18, 13 September 2024
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...
120 KB (11,538 words) - 02:18, 9 September 2024
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a Multinational force formed by the African Union. The operation deployed to Somalia soon after the Islamic...
171 KB (16,624 words) - 20:48, 30 August 2024
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...
143 KB (15,415 words) - 05:38, 1 September 2024
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...
124 KB (12,938 words) - 17:57, 9 September 2024
Somaliland (redirect from Somaliland (now Somalia))
Somaliland (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland; Arabic: جمهورية صوماليلاند, romanized: Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd), is an unrecognised country in the Horn of...
182 KB (17,994 words) - 01:13, 8 September 2024
predominant religion in Somalia is Islam, with tiny minorities of Christians, traditional African religions and others. Most residents of Somalia are Muslims,...
25 KB (2,829 words) - 07:49, 2 September 2024
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...
46 KB (5,682 words) - 21:03, 5 September 2024
Somalia is classified by the United Nations as a least developed country, with the majority of its population being dependent on agriculture and livestock...
50 KB (4,841 words) - 17:44, 28 August 2024
Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal...
32 KB (3,405 words) - 17:29, 26 August 2024
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...
21 KB (2,290 words) - 01:16, 8 September 2024
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...
196 KB (19,137 words) - 00:35, 13 September 2024
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...
11 KB (1,185 words) - 19:02, 8 August 2024
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...
23 KB (1,983 words) - 05:10, 26 August 2024
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...
6 KB (652 words) - 05:34, 9 September 2024
State of Somalia (Somali: Dawlad Goboleedka Koonfur Galbeed ee Soomaaliya, Af-May: Koofur Orsy), is a Federal Member State in southwestern Somalia. It was...
39 KB (4,270 words) - 17:04, 16 August 2024
The Somali people (Somali: Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, Wadaad: صومالِدَ) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share...
143 KB (15,316 words) - 10:02, 27 August 2024
the Transitional Federal Government), there was no central government in Somalia. Large areas of the country such as Puntland and Galmudug were internationally...
39 KB (4,393 words) - 00:03, 2 September 2024
Ogaden War (redirect from Ethiopia-Somalia War)
The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaali Galbeed, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሊያ ጦርነት, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya somalīya...
95 KB (10,987 words) - 23:56, 10 September 2024
Operation Linda Nchi (redirect from Kenya intervention in Somalia in 2011)
southern Somalia beginning in 2011. The Kenyan government declared the operation completed in March 2012, but its forces then joined AMISOM in Somalia. The...
73 KB (6,783 words) - 17:51, 26 August 2024
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...
2 KB (40 words) - 18:28, 6 February 2023
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...
42 KB (3,274 words) - 05:21, 12 September 2024
Unified Task Force (redirect from War in Somalia (1992–1993))
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...
37 KB (3,940 words) - 14:07, 31 August 2024
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...
18 KB (1,534 words) - 15:08, 9 September 2024
Al-Shabaab (militant group) (redirect from Terrorism in Somalia)
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...
225 KB (19,297 words) - 13:44, 11 September 2024