The History Of Somalia

Somalia’s demographic data has been negatively impacted by past events that have now translated into the country’s problems today such as piracy, wars, and famine. Somalia has always been a very poor country and with its population growth decreasing. Somalia is located on the East Coast of Africa. According to The World Factbook, “The official languages of Somalia is Somali, Arabic, Italian, and English.” The president of Somalia is Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud.” Somalia’s Facts stated “There was no national government in Somalia for nearly two decades.” “Somalia’s population is below the average population in East Africa which is 14 million.” The World Factbook also said “Somalia only has 10.9 million people.” The reason why the population is so …show more content…
These pirates aren’t the type of pirates you see in movies. This definition is from the dictionary online so that you can understand what pirates are, “Somali pirates are basically robbers who steal and rob ships.” Surprisingly, fishermen of Somalia have turned into pirates because of their experiences of getting robbed from pirates. This is Colin Freeman’s interpretation on pirates today, “The problem is with these pirates, they’re also earning money by robbing ships and terrorizing people.” Ishaan Tharoor stated, “Piracy usually happens off of the coast of Somalia and it’s been happening since the Somali Civil War which started in 1991.” The government played a big role when this all started. According to Colin Freeman, “Piracy started in the 1980’s but there was no name for it so it was just called “fishermen outbreaks.” He also said, “The government was giving out foreign fishing licenses and of course this translated into pirates hopping on and off boats.” Ishaan Tharoor stated, “Somalis living by the sea have been forced over the years to defend their own fishing …show more content…
Somalia is definitely not a safe country to be in right now and their government is currently trying to get more people into the workforce so that most country isn’t unemployed. Somalia is currently in Stage 2 of the DTM because they are still trying to get their production and employment skills up. The birth rates are going up but the problem is that because of these problems, the life expectancy is still very low. Everything is trying to level out in Somalia right now so that they can move to Stage 3 of the DTM. Unfortunately, it may take awhile until Somalia can solve most of these issues because of how big of a matter it is and how it’s very complex. One way or another, Somalia’s population will increase and the country will solve these