The sites listed below were chosen for their utility in providing
information (either brief or extensive) as well as directories
and more extensive portal pages concerning aspects of Somali
life and culture. An ever-growing Somalia expatriate community
has been created around the globe, particularly after the events
of the early 1990s. Many of the following web sites stem from
these Somali communities.
For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult
the Somalia Country page of the African Section of the African
and Middle Eastern Division at http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/amed/afs/cty/cso/csohome.html.
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is available at http://catalog.loc.gov/.
To track bills and other Congressional materials having to do
with the topic, consult the Library's Thomas
Legislative Information page at: http://thomas.loc.gov.
ACG Somalia Page (http://www.abyssiniagateway.net/somalia/)
This site offers links to many sites arranged in subject groups.
Arab Gateway: Somalia (http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/somalia.htm)
Provides a quick briefing via links to other sites including information on travel and cites recent publications about Somalia.
ArabNet-- Somalia (http://www.arab.net/somalia/index.html)
Background Notes Somalia (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Country and People of Somalia (http://www.hejleh.com/countries/somalia.html)
Arranges links to many web sites by topics.
Country
reports About Somalia (http://www.countryreports.org/country.aspx?countryid=221&countryName=Somalia)
Offers links to many sites by such subjects as government, the military, economy, the weather, etc.
Development Gateway Country Overview on Somalia
(http://old.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/?country_iso=so&search_GO.x=12&search_GO.y=12)
The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build
partnerships, share ideas,
and work together to reduce poverty. Includes many helpful links to Somali specific
web pages and documents.
Library of Congress Country Study Somalia (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sotoc.html)
Mbendi Country Profile - Somalia (http://www.mbendi.co.za/land/af/so/p0005.htm)
Mogadishu, Somalia (http://www.mogadiscio.com/)
Somalia (http://afrika.no/links/Countries/Somalia/index.html)
Created by the Norwegian Council for Africa, the site arranges links by subjects.
Somalia (Karen Fung) (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/somalia.html)
One of the best sites for finding links to helpful documents and web pages about Somalia.
Somalihome (http://www.somalihome.com/)
Somaliuk,com (http://www.somaliuk.com/)
U.S. Agency for International Development. Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) (http://www.dec.org/country/reports.cfm?region=africa3&country=Somalia)
“The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities, and programs by making
development experience documents available to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's,
universities and research institutions, developing countries, and the public worldwide. “
US
Department of State -- Travel Warnings & Consular Information
Sheets -- Somalia (http://travel.state.gov/)
United
Nations. Relief Web--Somalia
(http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc104?OpenForm&rc=1&cc=som)
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Somalia 2001
(https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.htmlgeos/so.html)
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