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What do you know about Somalia?

Somalia is a coastal nation in East Africa widely known as Horn of Africa. Geographically and the second longest coastal in the continent, it is surrounded by Ethiopia, Djibouti on the north and mi-west and Kenya on the south-west. Somalia was colonized by British for North, and Italian government for south and took its indepen dence on July 1st in 1960 It’s one of the Arab League, IGAD, AU, Easte Africa Community and thus, has often been considered as an ‘Arab’ in some many ways. Adan Abdulle Osman famously known as Adan Adde was a Somali politician and became the first elected president for Somalia. He was serving this nation for seven years as from 1960 up to 1967. Abdi Rashid Sharmarke became president of Somalia and was leading this nation for two years. By the end of 1969, president Sharmarke was assassinated and the country was taken control by Mohamed Siyad Bare and had dictated the country since 1990. In 1991, the world was pragmatically shocked when civil war engulfed Soma...

Youth Unemployment / Engagement , Empowerment in Somalia

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  The youth are the backbone of the society & our country Somalia is one of the most countries for their youth unemployment.  Estimated aged 17–25 unemployed While young people represent the majority in Somali society. 75 percent of the  population are under 35 years old.  Youth Empowerment is one of the main  obligations of the government that are required to support the young generation in the country. In our country Somalia has one of the  highest youth unemployment rates in the world at a staggering 67 percent among 17–25-year-olds.  Some  reports said that 40 percent of Somali youths are actively looking for work. Only the government particularly Ministry of Youth and Sport (MOYS) can carry any responsibility to reduce unemployment  also the poverty facing the under 30 35 years old people, soft skills training for can play a great role for seeking  a job, such as how to write a CV, conduct a successful interview, and engage in p...