Somalia has a population of over 10 million people who are almost entirely Muslim. It has no stable central government and has experienced ongoing violence, poverty, and famine due to clan conflicts, Islamic fundamentalism, and lack of political parties since the collapse of its government in 1991. Somalia has four major clans and a political system dominated by armed factions rather than established parties.

1. SOMALIA

2. OUTLINE
 General
 Geography
 Flag
 Clan & family structure
 Political system
 Suppression
 Poorness
 War

3. GENERAL
 Capital: Mogadishu
 Languages: Somali, Arabic
 Formation: British & Italian
Somaliland
 Population: 10,085,638 Million
 Area 637,657 sq km
 Religion: 99,8 % Muslim; 0,1%
Christians

4. GEOGRAPHY

5. FLAG

6. CLAN & FAMILY STRUCTURE
 Hawiye
 Darood
 Dir
 Isaaq

7. POLITICAL SYSTEM
 no parties
 armed associations
 violent
 Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
 Abdiweli Mohamed Ali

8. SUPPRESSION
 Islamic fundamentalism
 Kidnapping of Christians
 no religious freedom for Christians

9. POORNESS
 one of the poorest states
 drought & flood
 lack of sufficient care
 no food

10. WAR
 British Somaliland & Italian Somaliland
 1969 Mohamed Siad Barre
 Somali Democratic Republic
 no central government
 anarchy in Somalia
 Somalia - a fail state