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Somalia By. Charles

Somalia By. Charles. Geographic coordinates: 10 00 N, 49 00 E

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Somalia By. Charles

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  1. Somalia By. Charles Geographic coordinates: 10 00 N, 49 00 E Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia Country name:conventional long form: none conventional short form: Somalia local long form: Jamhuuriyada Demuqraadiga Soomaaliyeed local short form: Soomaaliya former: Somali Republic, Somali Democratic Republic Government type: no permanent national government; transitional, parliamentary federal government

  2. President: Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north Climate: A selection of articles related to Geography of Somalia Natural resources: uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves

  3. Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots: Droughts Floods Religions: Sunni Muslim Languages: Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English Ethnicities / tribes: Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including Arabs 30,000)

  4. Current Events After the regime's collapse early in 1991, Somalia descended into turmoil, factional fighting, and anarchy. In May 1991, northern clans declared an independent Republic of Somaliland that now includes the administrative regions of Awdal, Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sanaag, and Sool. Although not recognized by any government, this entity has maintained a stable existence and continues efforts to establish a constitutional democracy, including holding municipal, parliamentary, and presidential elections.

  5. Current Events Beginning in 1993, a two-year UN humanitarian effort (primarily in the south) was able to alleviate famine conditions, but when the UN withdrew in 1995, having suffered significant casualties, order still had not been restored. A two-year peace process, led by the Government of Kenya under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), concluded in October 2004 with the election of Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed as President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and the formation of an interim government, known as the Somalia Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs).

  6. Current Events President YUSUF resigned late in 2008 while United Nations-sponsored talks between the TFG and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) were underway in Djibouti. In January 2009, following the creation of a TFG-ARS unity government, Ethiopian military forces, which had entered Somalia in December 2006 to support the TFG in the face of advances by the opposition Council of Islamic Courts (CIC), withdrew from the country. The TFA was increased to 550 seats with the addition of 275 ARS members of parliament. The expanded parliament elected Sheikh SHARIF Sheikh Ahmed, the former CIC and ARS chairman as president on 31 January 2009, in Djibouti. Subsequently, President SHARIF appointed Omar Abdirashid ali SHARMARKE, son of a former president of Somalia, as prime minister on 13 February 2009.

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