Capital city
Mogadishu |
|
Corruption
|
2.1 |
|
[149th of 160]
|
International organization participation
ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ITU, LAS, NAM, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO |
Judicial branch
following the breakdown of the central government, most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional Somali customary law, or Shari'a (Islamic) law with a provision for appeal of all sentences |
Legal system
no national system; Islamic and secular courts based on Somali customary law (xeer) are present in some localities; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly |
Legislative branch > A note
fledgling parliament; a transitional 245-member National Assembly began to meet on 13 August 2000 in the town of Arta, Djibouti and is now based in Mogadishu |
Legislative branch > Note
unicameral Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) (275 seats; 244 members appointed by the four major clans (61 for each clan), 31 seats allocated to smaller clans and subclans); note - the TFP was created in January 2004 to last four years |
National holiday
Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 July (1960); note - 26 June (1960) in Somaliland |
|
political parties > No party
|
• |
|
|
|
Political parties and leaders
|
none |
|
|
Political pressure groups and leaders
numerous clan and sub-clan factions are currently vying for power; Supreme Council of Islamic Courts (SCIC) |
|
Prime minister
|
Ali Mohammed Ghedi |
|
|
|
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
|
7.8 %
|
...
|
[139th of 174]
|
|
Secession attempts
|
Somaliland |
|
|
|
Status
|
transition/anarchy |
|
|
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Ethiopian forces invaded southern Somalia and routed Islamist Courts from Mogadishu in January 2007; "Somaliland" secessionists provide port facilities in Berbera to landlocked Ethiopia and have established commercial ties with other regional states; "Puntland" and "Somaliland" "governments" seek international support in their secessionist aspirations and overlapping border claims; the undemarcated former British administrative line has little meaning as a political separation to rival clans within Ethiopia's Ogaden and southern Somalia's Oromo region; Kenya works hard to prevent the clan and militia fighting in Somalia from spreading south across the border, which has long been open to nomadic pastoralists |
|
UN membership date
|
20 Sep. 1960 |
|
|
United Nations mission
http://www.traveldocs.com/so/foreign.htm
http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/somalia/index.html
http://www.1upinfo.com/country-guide-study/somalia/
See Kenya for details |
del.icio.us
There are 1 more (non-authoritative) comments on this page
Feeds |
Contact