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The '''Somali Republic''' is a [[Muslim]] country that is a combination of two former European colonies known as [[British]] Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. Somalia is a [[Failed State]], [[Somaliland]] (Northern part) declared independence in 1991 and as ruled itself ever sense but other nations do NOT recognize it. Most of Somalia is ruled by warlords not the government.<br> Somalia has been Muslim since A.D. 900 and today is considered one of the bases for pirates and for the [[terrorist]] group [[al-Qaeda]].  Roughly the size of [[New Jersey]] in area and population, Somalia is located in the Horn of Africa, its coastline on the [[Indian Ocean]] bordering [[Djibouti]] (the former French Somaliland), [[Ethiopia]] and [[Kenya]].  The capital city is [[Mogadishu]].

The '''Somali Republic''' is a [[Muslim]] country that is a combination of two former European colonies known as [[British]] Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. Somalia is a [[Failed State]], [[Somaliland]] (Northern part) declared independence in 1991 and as ruled itself ever sense but other nations do NOT recognize it. Most of Somalia is ruled by warlords not the government.<br> Somalia has been Muslim since A.D. 900 and today is considered one of the bases for pirates and for the [[terrorist]] group [[al-Qaeda]].  Roughly the size of [[New Jersey]] in area and population, Somalia is located in the Horn of Africa, its coastline on the [[Indian Ocean]] bordering [[Djibouti]] (the former French Somaliland), [[Ethiopia]] and [[Kenya]].  The capital city is [[Mogadishu]], which has long been one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

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