Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال transliteration: aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Somali Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, Arabic: جمهورية الصومال transliteration: Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl) 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 on its southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen on its north, the Indian Ocean at its east, and Ethiopia to the west.
- For more information, see the Wikipedia article "Somalia"
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- [3 March 2010] BBC news: Somali pirates' new land tactics worry UN (Piracy)
- [5 February 2010] Amnesty International on: Controls on military assistance to Somalia must be tightened (Conflict, Human Rights, Migration)
- [2 February 2010] Human Rights Watch Report: Somaliland, July 2009. (Democratization, Elections, Political Crisis)
- [1 February 2010] Course Horn of Africa, Fundacion Tres Culturas, Sevilla, 3-5 Feb. (Human Rights, Democracy)
- [29 January 2010] Chatham House article on: Somalia: Bad Situation, Getting Worse (Crisis, Conflict, Piracy)
- [29 January 2010] Transport-logistique: Les actes de piraterie ont augmenté de plus d'un tiers en 2009 (Piracy)
- [22 January 2010] Chatham House Briefing Paper: Economic Drivers of Conflict and Cooperation in the Horn of Africa (Conflict, Security, Cooperation)
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Region: East Africa
Member state of: African Development Bank, African Union, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Arab League, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, International Organization for Migration, Islamic Development Bank, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of the Islamic Conference, The World Bank.
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