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STP Target Dates : March 16 - Mar 27, 2016 

Target : Somalia 
Overview : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html

Geography/ Climate : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Somalia
Target Coordinates Used (Lat./ Long.) : 5° 35' 38.83" N, 47° 13' 9.26" E

History : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Somalia
Culture : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Somalia

Travel Guides : www.worldtravelguide.net/somalia
Immunizations required : wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/mission_disaster/somalia?s_cid=ncezid-dgmq-travel-single-001

People : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalis and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalis#Clan_and_family_structure

Global Peace Index Ranking : 157 (of 162) as listed at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index#Global_Peace_Index_rankings

Health : www.who.int/countries/som/en/

GDP per capita (current US$) - (year: ) : 542.6 US$/ capita (2014) 
(GDP in USA, 2014, for comparison : 54,629.50 US$/ capita). 

• (Other countries for comparison) : 

Burundi : 286/ cap in 2014 
Somalia : 543/ cap in 2014 
Afghanistan: 634/ cap in 2014 
Cambodia : 1,090/ cap in 2014 
Myanmar : 1,203/ cap in 2014 
Yemen : 1,408/ cap in 2013 
Syria: 2,080/ cap in 2007 
Bosnia&Hz 4,790/ cap in 2014 
Belgium : 47,517/ cap in 2014 
U.S.A. : 54,629/ cap in 2014 

Good Country Ranking (best = 1, worst = 125) : Somalia is Not ranked in the GCR 

Corruption : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Somalia also, www.transparency.org/country/#SOM
Somalia is ranked 167 out of 168 for corruption. It's score is 8 of a possible 100. 

• Somalia’s Corruption Epidemic.
• Corruption in Somalia’s Government.
• Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Somalia.
  

Corruption is rampant in Somalia. A 2013 UN Monitoring Group report on Somalia and Eritrea indicated that 80 percent of withdrawals from Somalia’s central bank were made for private purposes.
In 2014, the monitoring group alleged that the president and a former foreign minister conspired with U.S.-based law firm Shulman Rogers to steal funds from overseas Somali assets. Source: Freedom House review of Freedom in Somalia.

Peace & Compassion Deficits : www.usip.org/publications/2015/07/23/the-current-situation-in-somalia

www.hiiraan.com/news4/2016/Feb/104025/au_lauds_progress_on_peace_efforts_in_somalia.aspx

books.google.be/books?id=gDhycGy84HAC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=Bringing Peace to Somalia&source=bl&ots=cf2sjoX6d6&sig=SelCoptB1zgh5qHDG9z9Tc9YxEM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIpMz548PLAhVBApoKHUIGAs8Q6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=Bringing%20Peace%20to%20Somalia&f=false

Somali Pirates : www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/20/escape-or-die

 1 Mar 2016

Somalia: Why is Al-Shabaab Still A Potent Threat?

Corruption is rampant in Somalia. A 2013 UN Monitoring Group report on Somalia and Eritrea indicated that 80 percent of withdrawals from Somalia’s central bank were made for private purposes. In 2014, the monitoring group alleged that the president and a former foreign minister conspired with U.S.-based law firm Shulman Rogers to steal funds from overseas Somali assets.

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