Events from the year 2017 in Somalia President – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (until 8 February); Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Prime Minister – Omar Abdirashid...

In 2017 a drought ravaged Somalia that has left more than 6 million people, or half the country's population, facing food shortages with several water...

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is on the Horn of Africa and is bordered...

The Somali civil war (2009–present) is the ongoing phase of the Somali civil war which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. It began in late...

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations...

Indirect presidential elections were held in Somalia on 8 February 2017. Members of parliament elected in the autumn-2016 parliamentary election elected...

The flag of Somalia, also known as the Somali flag, was adopted on October 12, 1954, and was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban. The flag was initially...

The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war...

more successful". The airstrike was the 29th conducted by the US in Somalia during 2017 and was one of nine during November acknowledged by United States...

recognised government of Somalia, and the first attempt to create a central government in Somalia since the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic. It...

Piracy off the coast of Somalia occurs in the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, and Somali Sea, in Somali territorial waters and other surrounding places...

Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal...

Christianity is a minority religion in Muslim-majority Somalia. According to a report by the Somali Bible Society in 2023, there is estimated population...

affiliations and other aspects of the population. Somalia is believed to be one of the most homogeneous countries in Africa. Child marriages, known to deprive...

Federal Government and the Federal Government of Somalia in conflicts. U.S. military actions in Somalia date back to the 1980s, however following the September...

is an unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf...

previously elected in the 2012 presidential election and held the office from 2012–2017. Somalia portal History of Somalia Politics of Somalia List of colonial...

predominant religion in Somalia is Islam, with tiny minorities of Christians, traditional African religions and others. Most residents of Somalia are Muslims,...

The Pirates of Somalia (or simply Pirates of Somalia in the UK) is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Bryan Buckley, and based on the 2011...

The Ethiopian occupation of Somalia, also called the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia or the Ethiopian intervention in the Somali Civil War, was an armed conflict...

Islamic State – Somalia Province or Abnaa ul-Calipha (Arabic: أبناء الخليفة) is an Islamic State–affiliated group that primarily operates in the mountainous...

The Somali Armed Forces are the military forces of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Headed by the president as commander-in-chief, they are constitutionally...

(Somali: Xerada TURKSOM, Turkish: Somali Türk Görev Kuvveti Komutanlığı) is a Turkish military base and a defence university in Mogadishu, Somalia. Since...

place in Mogadishu, Somalia, especially since the beginning of the Somali Civil War. They include: Somalia War (2006–2009) 2008 Mogadishu bombing Somali Civil...

Somalia is classified by the United Nations as a least developed country, with the majority of its population being dependent on agriculture and livestock...

the Somali Democratic Republic, under the dictatorship of Siad Barre, during the Somaliland War of Independence. The number of civilian deaths in this...

The Federal Parliament of Somalia (Somali: Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliya; often Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya; Arabic: البرلمان الاتحادي في الصومال)...

Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya)...

Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland...

history of Jews in Somalia refers to the historical presence of Jewish communities in the Horn of Africa country of Somalia. Judaism in the Somali peninsula...