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Elephants Can't Jump
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An Introduction to Somalia
The Republic of Somalia in the Horn of Africa was formerly known (under communist rule) as the Somali Democratic Republic. Civil War broke out in 1991, and ever since there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory - there is an internationally recognised Transitional Federal Government, but this covers only a small part of the country and not all of the capital city. Characterised as a failed state, Somalia is one of the poorest, and most violent, states in the world. See full country profile.Latest Research News from Africa
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GOVERNMENT: No permanent national government; transitional, parliamentary federal government
AREA: 637,657 sq. km
POPULATION: 10,112,453 - note: this is an estimate. Population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements.
MAJOR LANGUAGE: Somali, Arabic
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The Republic of Somalia in the Horn of Africa was formerly known (under communist rule) as the Somali Democratic Republic. Civil War broke out in 1991, and ever since there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory - there is an internationally recognised Transitional Federal Government, but this covers only a small part of the country and not all of the capital city. Characterised as a failed state, Somalia is one of the poorest, and most violent, states in the world.
In antiquity, Somalia was an important trade centre for commerce in the ancient world. It is also believed by some scholars to be the home of the legendary Land of Punt. After a colonial period, Somalia united in 1960 under a civilian government and became the Somali Democratic Republic in 1969. The Transitional Federal Government is working towards national elections in 2011. On the plus side: alongside a lack of communications and financial infrastructure, Somalia now offers some of the most technologically advanced and competitively priced telecommunications, money transfer and Internet services in the world.
GDP: $5.896 billion (2010 est.) - $600 per capita
Religions Sunni Muslim
Currency: Somali Shilling (SOS) - GBP 1 = SOS 2536
Telephone Code: +252
Research Industry
Somalia has no MR association and no locally-based research providers as far as we know. If you know better, please do get in touch.The last data we have for Somalia dates back to 2006, when $300m of produce was exported from the country. Various agricultural and mineral products make up the bulk of exports which were mainly sent to countries in the Middle East. Imports for the same year were much higher at $798m, comprising food, petrol, construction material and manufactures, and coming mainly from African, Asian and Middle Eastern territories.
Despite the long-term civil unrest, Somalia appears to have maintained a fairly healthy informal economy based mainly on livestock, money transfer companies and telecommunications. However, it is difficult to gauge the size or growth of the economy due to a lack of formal government statistics caused by the ongoing civil war. Estimates from 2010 suggest a GDP of around $5.8bn. Some reports also suggest the private sector is growing thanks to substantial (albeit unmeasured) investment in commercial activities.
There are untapped reserves of uranium, iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt and natural gas in Somalia and, with its proximity to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, it is believed to have substantial unexploited oil reserves. The UN ranks Somalia second in the list of 'Prospective Producers' of energy in North East Africa.
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