Hay'adaha
Institutions and organisations
What each Somali public body and organisation does: ministries, parliament and courts, state bodies, the central bank, security forces, armed groups, universities, hospitals, media and civil society. Facts only, each with its source.
Federal government: ministries and agencies
- Every federal government body in Somalia and its budget, 2025 to 2027
- The Federal Government of Somalia: how it is organised
- Somalia's federal government: the President, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers
- Ministry of Education of Somalia (Wasaaradda Waxbarashada): what it does
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia (Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda): embassies and diplomacy
- Ministry of Health of Somalia (Wasaaradda Caafimaadka): what it does
- Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation of Somalia (Wasaaradda Arrimaha Gudaha)
- Ministry of Finance of Somalia (Wasaaradda Maaliyadda): budget, taxes and debt
Parliament and the courts
- Federal Parliament of Somalia: the House of the People and the Upper House
- Constitution of Somalia (Dastuurka Soomaaliya): 1960 to 2026
- Speakers of the Somali Parliament since 1956 (Guddoomiyeyaasha Baarlamaanka)
- Members of Somalia's Federal Parliament (Xildhibaannada Baarlamaanka Federaalka)
- Elections in Somalia: how voting and selection work (Doorashooyinka Soomaaliya)
- Politics of Somalia: how power is shared (Siyaasadda Soomaaliya)
- Somalia's courts: the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and how the judiciary works
- Attorney General of Somalia: the federal prosecution service
- National Independent Human Rights Commission of Somalia
- National Civil Service Commission of Somalia
- Courts and judiciary of Somaliland
- Fisheries law in Somalia
- Justice, crime and government in Somalia: the official numbers
State and regional bodies
- Puntland's institutions: constitution, parliament, courts and electoral commission
- Elections in Puntland (Doorashooyinka Puntland)
- Somaliland's institutions: president, parliament, Guurti, courts and central bank
- Elections in Somaliland (Doorashooyinka Somaliland)
- Somaliland Ministry of Finance and Economic Development: budget and taxes
- Constitution of Somaliland (Dastuurka Somaliland)
- Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
- Somaliland Civil Service Commission: hiring for government jobs
- Somaliland Ministry of Education and Science: schools and national exams
- Institutions of Jubaland, South West, Galmudug and Hirshabelle: parliaments, leaders and courts
- Puntland Ministry of Finance: budget, revenue and spending
- Jubaland Ministry of Finance and Economic Development: budget and revenue
- South West State Ministry of Finance: budget and revenue
- Hirshabelle Ministry of Finance and Economic Development: budget and revenue
Central bank and financial bodies
Universities and colleges
- Somali universities one by one: SNU, Hargeisa, Amoud, Mogadishu, SIMAD, Benadir and Puntland State
- Lafoole University (Lafoole College), Somalia's teacher training college
- East Africa University (EAU), Bosaso
- Gollis University, Hargeisa
- University of Burao (Jaamacadda Burco)
- Kismayo University (Jaamacadda Kismaayo)
- Admas University in Hargeisa and Garoowe
- Somaliland University of Technology (SUTECH), Hargeisa
- University of Somalia (UNISO), Mogadishu
- Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology (JUST), Mogadishu
- Zamzam University of Science and Technology (ZUST), Mogadishu
- Maakhir University, Badhan (now Somali National University, Badhan campus)
- Barwaaqo University, Somaliland's women's university
- University of Gedo (Jaamacadda Gedo), Baardheere
- Universities in Laascaanood (Las Anod): Nugaal, Ilays and others
- Private universities in Mogadishu: Indian Ocean, City, Horseed, Jobkey and more
- Garissa University, Kenya: history, courses and the 2015 attack
- University of Djibouti (Université de Djibouti)
- Jigjiga University (Jaamacadda Jigjiga), Somali Region of Ethiopia
- Abaarso School of Science and Technology, near Hargeisa
Hospitals and health bodies
Newspapers, radio and TV
Community and civil society organisations
International bodies in Somalia
- Every aid organisation funded in Somalia, 2024 to 2026: UN agencies and NGOs by money received
- International bodies in Somalia: the UN, the African Union, the World Bank and the IMF
- UNICEF in Somalia: what it does
- World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia: what it does
- FAO in Somalia: farming, livestock, fisheries and the FSNAU and SWALIM data units
- OCHA in Somalia and the Somalia Humanitarian Fund
- World Health Organization (WHO) in Somalia: what it does
- UNFPA in Somalia: mothers' health, population data and gender-based violence
- IOM in Somalia: migration, displacement and stabilisation
- UNHCR in Somalia: refugees, returnees and displaced people
- UNDP in Somalia: governance, elections, justice and climate
- Intergovernmental Academy of Somali Language (AGA)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Somalia
Security forces
- AMISOM, the African Union Mission in Somalia, 2007–2022
- ATMIS, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia, 2022–2024
- AUSSOM, the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia, 2025 to now
- Commanders of the Somali army since 1960 (Taliyaha Ciidanka Xoogga)
- Foreign forces in Somalia
- Turkey's military in Somalia: Camp TURKSOM, drones and the sea pact
- The United Arab Emirates' military in Somalia
- The United States military in Somalia: AFRICOM, Baledogle and Danab
Armed groups and militias
- United Somali Congress (USC), 1989–2003
- Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), 1985–2004
- Somali National Front (SNF), 1991–2001
- Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), 1995–2004
- Somali National Alliance (SNA)
- Somali Democratic Movement (SDM)
- Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI), 1983–1997
- Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ), 1991–2021
Lists of office-holders
- Deputy Prime Ministers of Somalia, 2005 to 2026
- Rival and transitional heads of Somalia, 1991 to 2012
- Governors of the Central Bank of Somalia, 1960 to 2026
- Ministers of Defence of Somalia, 1960 to 2026
- Foreign Ministers of Somalia, 1960 to 2026
- Foreign Ministers of Somaliland, 1991 to 2026
- Governors of French Somaliland, 1884 to 1977
- Puntland Ministers of Planning and International Cooperation, 2007 to 2026
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