Somalia:

Somalia is a former constituent of the British Somaliland Protectorate which attained its independence on the 26th of June 1960. This country was then unified with the Italian Somaliland on the 1st of July 1960.
At present, Somalia is one of the most unstable region on the African Continent. Since the fall of Mohamed Siad Barre who was overthrown in 1991; the country has been ruled by militia factions and warlords. Fighting between various groups and clans breakout frequently and the country’s economy has suffered greatly.

Famine occurs regularly and many Somalis depend on relief aid for survival. There are also a large number of Somali refugees in neighboring countries and a number that have relocated oversees. A peace initiative brokered by the Kenyan Government ended in October 2004 with the formation of a transitional government (Somalia Transitional Federal Institutions) led by Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. The authority of this new institution is yet to be fully realized in the country.