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Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 161st out of 163 countries on the United Nations’ Human Development Index in 2001. Somalia did not appear on the 2006 index for lack of data. About 40 percent of Somalis live in extreme poverty on less than $1 a day.
Somalia's Flag
The star has 5 points - one for each branch of the Somalis: Issas of Djibouti, Somalis of Ethiopia, Issaks of Somaliland, Somalis of old Italian Somalia and the Somalis of North Kenya .
Somalia has two rainy seasons: the Gu (April to June) and the Dayr (October to November). Droughts usually occur every two to three years in the Dayr and every eight to ten years in both the Dayr and the Gu. The coastal region in the south around Mogadishu and Kismaayo has an additional rainy season, the Xagaaye (July to August), in which isolated rain showers prevail.
Somalia's relationship with the United States is
not very good.
Somalia had
sided with
the Soviet
Union causing
conflict with
the U.S.
The long-standing absence of authority in the country has led to Somali pirates becoming a major threat to international shipping in the area, and has prompted Nato to take the lead in an anti-piracy operation.
Somalia
Somalia’s military of 10 divisions broke up after
the 1991 overthrow of President Siad Barre
and hasn’t been reconstituted since.
Type of government: Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
Who runs the country: the president is Abdulkassim Salat Hassan and Hassan Abshir Farah as prime minister
Steps taken towards democracy: the country is currently under no specific gov. they have clans fighting for power.