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Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outsideSomalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday. Somalia and the United States have long been the last hold-outs to... In this article: United States, Unicef, Somalia, Washington, New York, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ann Veneman, United Nations, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush |
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BBC News | 1 day ago
Somalia 'to ratify UN child pact'
Somali children lead perilous lives amid brutal civil conflict Somalia has vowed to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - a move that would leave the US as the only nation not to back the accord. The UN, which is...
In this article: UN, US, Unenforceable, UN Convention On The Rights Of The Child, and Mogadishu
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Christian Science Monitor | 2 days ago
Somalia to get EU training force to counter Islamist insurgents
Somalia is set to get 100 EU forces to help train the fledgling UN-backed government counter insurgents. On Tuesday, Islamist militants stoned a woman to death for adultery. posted November 18, 2009 at 9:42 am EST • A daily summary of...
In this article: European Union, Javier Solana, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, UN, Uganda, Al Jazeera, Spain, and Iran
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 3 days ago
Somalia, Afghanistan shamed in graft league table
...Western concerns about Karzai who is due to be inaugurated for a second term later this week. The most corrupt nation on Earth remained Somalia, the impoverished and war-torn Horn of Africa state that has been without a functioning...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, United States, Transparency International, Hillary Clinton, Liberia, and Iraq
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Yahoo! News | 4 days ago
Somalia, Afghanistan shamed in graft league table (AFP)
...table AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference in Kabul on November 3. Somalia and … BERLIN (AFP) - Lawless Somalia and war-torn Afghanistan topped a blacklist on Tuesday of the world's most corrupt...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Berlin, United States, Transparency International, Hillary Clinton, and Liberia
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National Post | 4 days ago
Police worried youths joined Islamic radicals in Somalia
...to questions posed by the Post. "Our message to the Toronto Somali youth regarding the Somalia conflict is: your parents left Somalia to escape the raging war in the homeland and to provide their families a better life. Do not even...
In this article: Canada, Toronto, Mogadishu, Integrated Threat Assessment Centre, Suicide, and Ideology
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AP Online | 4 days ago
AP IMPACT: Kenyans recruited to fight in Somalia
...of people, including children, are being secretly recruited and trained inside Kenya to battle Islamic insurgents in neighboring Somalia, according to deserters, local officials, families of recruits and diplomats. Most recruits are...
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French navy captures 12 pirates off Somalia
It intercepted the pirate ship and two skiffs about 750 miles (1,207 kilometers) east of Hobyo, Somalia, the statement said. The waters off Somalia, which has been mired by lawlessness since 1991, are teeming with pirates who have...
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Somalia (Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال ), officially the Republic of Somalia (Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, Arabic: جمهورية الصومال ) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Ethiopia to the west.
In antiquity, Somalia was an important center for commerce with the rest of the ancient world. Its sailors and merchants were the main suppliers of frankincense, myrrh and spices, items which were considered valuable luxuries by the Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Mycenaean and Babylonians with whom the Somali people traded. According to most scholars, Somalia is also where the ancient Kingdom of Punt was situated. The ancient Puntites were a nation of people that had close relations with Pharaonic Egypt during the times of Pharaoh Sahure and Queen Hatshepsut. The pyramidal structures, temples and ancient houses of dressed stone littered around Somalia are said to date from this period. In the classical era, several ancient city-states such as Opone, Mosyllon and Malao that competed with the Sabaeans, Parthians and Axumites for the wealthy Indo-Greco-Roman trade also flourished in Somalia.
- Name:
- Somalia
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Somalia
- Local Name:
- Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya
- Capital:
- Mogadishu
- Language:
- Somali, Arabic
- Largest City:
- Mogadishu
- Government type:
- Coalition Government
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 0026
- Formations:
- Date
- Area:
- 246,201
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $5.575 billion
- Time Zone:
- EAT
- Currency:
- Somali shilling
- Demonym:
- Somali
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- SOS
- Country Calling Code:
- 252
- ccTLD:
- .so (currently not operating)
- Anthem:
- Somalia, Wake Up
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