索馬利亞聯邦共和國

位於東非的非洲之角,是各國貨輪進出蘇伊士運河的必經海路。索馬利亞或許是受到俄烏戰爭影響最大的國家之一,有90%以上的小麥來自俄羅斯和烏克蘭,再加上遇到40年來最嚴重乾旱,糧食供給遭到雙重打擊。雪上加霜的是,戰爭和疫情佔去了大部分的人道救助資源,缺糧而挨餓的人口數日漸擴大,超過140萬名兒童急需救助。除此之外,海盜和武裝組織索馬利亞青年黨持續威脅人民安全,使該國成為全世界最不和平的國家之一(倒數第8名)。2022年,美國以「索馬利亞安全惡化」為由,重新在索馬利亞部署美軍,預料剛上任的總統將會在美中俄角力中稍微偏向美國。
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A country in the Horn of Africa of East Africa and bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Somalia sits on the one and only global shipping route to the Suez Canal. In 1991, after its dictatorial president went into exile, Somalia was split up by warlords. Now, although five of the six federal member states have declared their allegiance to the federal government, in reality these states operate autonomously. One of the member states, Somaliland, declared independence, but is still claimed by Somalia as a part of its territory. After the country became engaged in a long ongoing civil war, pirates begun to run rampant in this area which controls the important shipping routes to the Gulf of Aden. Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based jihadi fundamentalist terrorist group, frequently launches terrorist attacks with neighboring Kenya also suffering badly from the aggression. In 2020, The Economist ranked Somalia as the least peaceful state in the world.