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'''Somalia''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Somalia''', is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis, and the country's official languages are Somali and Arabic, although Somali is the primary language. Somalia has historical and religious ties to the Arab world. As such, the people in Somalia are Muslims, the majority of them Sunni. | '''Somalia''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Somalia''', is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis, and the country's official languages are Somali and Arabic, although Somali is the primary language. Somalia has historical and religious ties to the Arab world. As such, the people in Somalia are Muslims, the majority of them Sunni. | ||
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Civil war has been going on for many years. There is no established rule of law or stable central government. Local ad hoc Islamic courts in some areas order floggings. | Civil war has been going on for many years. There is no established rule of law or stable central government. Local ad hoc Islamic courts in some areas order floggings. | ||
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Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis, and the country's official languages are Somali and Arabic, although Somali is the primary language. Somalia has historical and religious ties to the Arab world. As such, the people in Somalia are Muslims, the majority of them Sunni.
In antiquity, Somalia was an important commercial center. During the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade, including the Ajuran Sultanate, Adal Sultanate, and the Sultanate of the Geledi. In the late 19th century, Somali sultanates were colonized by the Italian and British Empires, who merged these tribal territories into two colonies: Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland. 1960, the two territories united to form the independent Somali Republic under a civilian government. Siad Barre of the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) seized power in 1969 and established the Somali Democratic Republic, brutally attempting to squash the Somaliland War of Independence in the north. The SRC collapsed in 1991 with the onset of the Somali Civil War. The Transitional National Government of Somalia (TNG) was established in 2000, followed by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) formation in 2004, which reestablished the Somali Armed Forces.
In 2006, with a US-backed Ethiopian intervention, the TFG assumed control of most of the nation's southern conflict zones from the newly formed Islamic Courts Union (ICU). The ICU subsequently splintered into more radical groups, including the jihadist group al-Shabaab, which battled the TFG and its AMISOM allies for control of the region. By mid-2012, the insurgents had lost most of the territory they had seized, and a search for more permanent democratic institutions began. Despite this, insurgents still control much of central and southern Somalia and wield influence in government-controlled areas, with the town of Jilib acting as the de facto capital for the insurgents. A new provisional constitution was passed in August 2012, reforming Somalia as a federation. The same month, the Federal Government of Somalia was formed, and a reconstruction period began in Mogadishu, despite al-Shabaab frequently carrying out attacks there.
Somalia is among the least developed countries in the world, as evidenced by its ranking in metrics such as GDP per capita, the Human Development Index, and the Fragile States Index. It has maintained an informal economy mainly based on livestock, remittances from Somalis working abroad, and telecommunications. It is a member of the United Nations, the Arab League, the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, the East African Community, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Spanking and Spanking Art in Somalia
In the 20th century, school corporal punishment fell out of fashion and was gradually banned in many countries, a trend that continues until the present day.
As of May 2008, Somalia permits corporal punishment in schools.
( We have no further information from SAOTK as of Oct, 2024 )
JCP in Somalia (from Corpun.com
Civil war has been going on for many years. There is no established rule of law or stable central government. Local ad hoc Islamic courts in some areas order floggings.
In 2006, the Union of Islamic Courts took control (temporarily, as it turned out) of the capital, Mogadishu, and instituted a series of high-profile public floggings, as reported in these illustrated news items from August 2006.
Further public floggings by Islamic courts took place in Mogadishu in 2009.
Public floggings in 2008 and 2009 by the anti-government Al-Shabab group of extreme Islamicists, as seen in these video clips, were carried out in a lazy and inept manner.
Benson (1937) recorded 96 floggings in Somaliland in 1930; the total for 1935 was not available, but it included 85 corporal punishments for juveniles.
Prostitution in Somalia
- Prostitution in Somalia ↗ on Wikipedia
External links
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Somalia ]
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