| − | The '''Somali Republic''' is a [[Muslim]] country that is a combination of two former European colonies known as British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. Somalia has been Muslim since A.D. 900 and today is considered one of the bases 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 has been Muslim since A.D. 900 and today is considered one of the bases 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]]. |