Med-Or Foundation and the Federal Republic of Somalia signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Among the main points, the promotion of Italian language in Somalia and cooperation in the field of higher education.
On Friday 10 February, the event “Italy, Somalia. A special relationship” by Med-Or Foundation was held at Luiss Guido Carli University. It saw the participation of the President of the Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
The trilateral meeting between Italy, Ethiopia and Somalia held during Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit to Ethiopia highlights Italy’s intention to view this region as strategic for the stability of the Broader Mediterranean. Her visit coincides with the beginning of hostilities in Sudan, which threatens to unleash a new wave of illegal migration towards Italian shores.
Capo di stato | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
Capo del Governo | Hamza Abdi Barre |
Forma Istituzionale | Parliamentary Federal Republic |
Capitale | Mogadishu |
Potere Legislativo | High House, bicameral (54 Members of Parliament), House of Commons (278 Members) |
Potere Giudiziario | Constitutional Court |
Area Totale | 637.657 Km² |
Terra | 627.337 Km² |
Clima | Tropical, desert-arid |
Risorse Naturali | Uranium and untapped reserves of gold, gypsum, bauxite, copper, natural gas. Probably there are oil deposits |
Sintesi Economica | There aren’t a lot of country’s economic situation data. Despite the lack of an effective national governance, Somalia has an informal economy based on export of livestock, mainly to Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the UAE. Somalian government received a lot of humanitarian aids and remittances for migrants’ people |
Pil | $7.29 billion (Dec. 2021) |
Pil pro capite (Parità di potere di acquisto) | $1186 (Dec. 2021) |
Esportazioni | $ 276 million (2020) |
Export partner | United Arab Emirates 47%, Saudi Arabia 19%, India 5%, Japan 5% (2019) |
Importazioni | $4.2 billion (2020) |
Import partner | United Arab Emirates 32%, China 20%, India 17%, Turkey 7% (2019) |
Trade With Italy | $38.8 million (2021) |
Popolazione | 12.386.248 (2022 est.) |
Population Growth | +2,42% (2022) |
Etnie | Somalian 85%, Bantu and other non-Somalian groups 15% (30.000 Arabs) |
Lingue | Somali, Arabic |
Religione | Muslims 99.9%, other religions 0.1% |
Urbanizzazione | 47,3% (2022 est.) |
Alfabetizzazione | 37,8% |