Regional Information-
Capital CityLjubljana
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Regional RelationshipsEthiopian 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.
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Famine; use of contaminated water contributes to human health problems; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
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Native Languages Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
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Climate Principally desert; northeast monsoon (December to February), moderate temperatures in north and hot in south; southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons
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