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Somali (Somali: Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa.
2.2 Somali Democratic Republic. ... June 10, 1940 C.E. – May 2, ... Somali Air Force; Somali Navy; Military history of Africa;
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[2] In an interview featured in the BBC Online Somali section in June 2006, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said: "the Union of Islamic Courts was established to ensure that Somali people suffering for 15 years would gain peace and full justice and freedom from the anarchic rule of warlords who refuted their people to no direction."
Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. [15] Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, [16] [17] [18] of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis and the official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic, though the former is the primary ...
A modern history of the Somali: nation and state in the Horn of Africa. Eastern African studies (4th ed.). Woodbridge: James Currey. ISBN 978-0-8214-1495-8. OCLC 50747856. Lewis, I. M. (1999). A pastoral democracy: a study of pastoralism & politics among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. IAI classics in African anthrpology (3rd ed.).
The first known Portuguese to come into contact with the Horn of Africa was king John IIs explorer and spy Pero da Covilhã. [10] Covilhã landed at Zeila in 1487 and made his way to Ethiopia, where he was forced to marry and settle for the rest of his life. [11]
Maritime history of Somalia (2 C, 11 P) Military history of Somalia (9 C, 16 P) Somalian monarchy (2 C, 2 P) P. Philately of Somalia (5 P) Political history of ...