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The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many Somalis moved from Greater Somalia primarily to Europe, North America, Oceania and South Africa.
They present an average figure for 10 London local authorities, showing that only 34 per cent of Somali pupils gained five or more A*-C GCSEs in 2006. [193] The average for Somalis in schools in 28 London local authorities was 43 per cent. [194] There was marked variation in these pupils' performance across London.
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Greater Somalia sometimes also called Greater Somaliland [1] (Somali: Soomaaliweyn; Arabic: الصومال الكبرى, romanized: al-Sūmāl al-Kubrā) is the geographic location comprising the regions in the Horn of Africa in which ethnic Somalis live and have historically inhabited.
Following Somalia's independence in 1960, its successive government took renewed campaign of what they called "lost territories", raising the issues to international communities like the United Nations and Organization of Islamic countries. [12] As the situation became light, the Somali pastoralists and Ethiopian police forces fought each other.
The movement was led by Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, a Somali religious leader referred to colloquially by the British as the "Mad Mullah". [19] Repeated military expeditions were unsuccessfully launched against Hassan and his Dervishes before World War I. 1911 map of Somaliland and Somalia showing British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland
British people of Somali descent (3 C, 3 P) E. Somalian expatriates in the United Kingdom (3 C, 6 P) S. Somalian emigrants to the United Kingdom (32 P)
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...