SOMALIA
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- In Somalia, the residents and Security forces have killed more than 70 militants in Bahdo town.
- The militants belonged to the Al Shabaab fighters group.
Somalia
- Somalia is officially the Federal Republic of Somalia.
- It is a country in the Horn of Africa.
- It is bordered by;
- Ethiopia in the west.
- Djibouti in the northwest.
- The Gulf of Aden in the north.
- The Indian Ocean in the east.
- Kenya to the southwest.
- Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland.
- Somalia is separated from Seychelles by the Somali Sea.
- Somalia is located at the mouth of the Bab-el-Mandeb; the gateway to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.
- Somalia has only two permanent rivers, the Jubba and Shabelle.
- Somalia is a semi-arid country with about 1.64% arable land.
- Hot conditions prevail year-round, with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall.
- Somalia has an estimated population of around 15 million.
- Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis.
- Most people in the country are Muslims, the majority of them Sunni.
- The official languages of Somalia are Somali and Arabic.
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