All stories related to Somalia
ACT's emergency response in Somalia and Kenya: a snapshot
Jul 26, 2011
ACT at work: video about some of the practical steps being taken by ACT Alliance to respond to drought in Kenya and Somalia
This famine knocks on everyone's door
Jul 22, 2011
ACT aid worker Abdi Egal describes the devastating choices south Somali families are forced to make as they flee the famine
ACT in Somalia
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
International organisations in Somalia
Organisations funding work in Somalia
- Bread for the World
- Christian Aid
- Church of Sweden
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Diakonie, Austria
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- Norwegian Church Aid
About Somalia
- Population: 9.1 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Mogadishu
- Area: 637,657sq km (246,201 sq miles)
- Major languages: Somali, Arabic, Italian, English
- Major religion: Islam
- Life expectancy: 48 years (men), 51 years (women)
- Monetary unit: 1 Somali shilling = 100 cents
- Main exports: Livestock, bananas, hides, fish
- GNI per capita: N/A