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Somalia does not have an embassy in London [15] and has no official diplomatic presence in the United Kingdom since the embassy closed in 1994. [16] On 25 April 2013, the UK became the first western country to re-open its embassy in Somalia, with British First Secretary of State William Hague attending the opening ceremony in Mogadishu. [12]
Somalis in the United Kingdom include British citizens and residents born in or with ancestors from Somalia.The United Kingdom (UK) is home to the largest Somali community in Europe, with 109,567 Somali-born immigrants residing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland at the time of the 2021 census and 1,313 in Scotland at the time of its 2022 census.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimate of 2018 indicates that 108,000 Somalis live in the UK. [3] There has also been some secondary migration of Somalis from mainland European countries to the United Kingdom. [58] [59] According to the 2011 UK Census, 71.5% of Somalia-born residents in England and Wales hold a UK passport. [60]
The US, UN and Somalia experts say a key part of IS's financial infrastructure - the al-Karrar office - is based in Puntland, disbursing funds and expertise to other branches of the group in ...
Article 6 of the Constitution of 2001 designates the official language of Somaliland to be Somali, [37] though Arabic is a mandatory subject in school and is used in mosques around the region and English is spoken and taught in schools. [303] The Somali language is the mother tongue of the Somali people, the
Arabic is a language cluster comprising 30 or so modern varieties. [1] Arabic is the lingua franca of people who live in countries of the Arab world as well as of Arabs who live in the diaspora, particularly in Latin America (especially Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile and Colombia) or Western Europe (like France, Spain, Germany or Italy).
As world leaders debate policy on climate change, millions of people in Somalia are suffering from severe drought and famine. Every minute, a severely malnourished child is hospitalized in Somalia.
Somalia and China later signed their first official trade agreement in June 1963. [130] During the Cold War period, the Somali government maintained active relations with its Chinese counterpart. The Somali authorities campaigned for an end to China's diplomatic isolation and supported instead its entry into the United Nations. [131]