Somalia

Important documents

September 2021 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Author)
Somalia

Report on the security situation by region (recent political and security-related developments; armed actors; conflict dynamics; impact on civilian life; internal displacement; other topics)
Somalia; Security situation (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2060582
6 August 2021 | BAMF – Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) (Author)
Somalia

Report on Al-Shabaab (development, territorial control, recruitment, desertion)
Länderreport 40; Somalia: Al-Shabaab: Überblick, Rekrutierung und Desertion (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 2059909
July 2021 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Author)
Somalia

Report on state and non-state actors (federal government and security forces; clans; al-Shabaab; AMISOM and AFRICOM; Islamic State (IS) group; other topics)
EASO COI Report: Somalia Actors (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2055102
31 May 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation, Höhne, Markus, Bakonyi, Jutta (Author)
Somalia

Documentation of a webinar on Somalia (al Shabaab and security situation; IDPs and returnees; state and non-state protection)
Somalia: Al-Schabaab und Sicherheitslage; Lage von Binnenvertriebenen und Rückkehrer·innen; Schutz durch staatliche und nicht-staatliche Akteure; Dokumentation zum COI-Webinar mit Markus Höhne und Jutta Bakonyi am 5. Mai 2021 (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 2052555
1 March 2021 | UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Protection Cluster (Author), published by UN OCHA – UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Somalia

Position of UNHCR and the protection cluster on the vulnerability of marginalised and minority groups
Position Paper; Defining a Common Definition of Vulnerability: Marginalized and Minority Groups; Protection Cluster; March 2021 (Expert Opinion or Position, English)
en ID 2057994
2 October 2020 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNSOM – UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (Author)
Somalia

Report on the situation of civilian in the armed conflict (human rights violations by state actors and non-state armed groups; sexual violence; children in armed conflict; covering January 2017 - December 2019)
Protection of Civilians Report; Building the Foundation for Peace, Security and Human Rights in Somalia (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2038753
8 March 2019 | BFA Staatendokumentation (Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, COI unit), SEM – State Secretariat for Migration (formerly: Federal Office for Migration; Switzerland) (Author)
Ethiopia, Somalia

Report on a joint Fact-Finding-Mission by SEM and BFA on Somalia and Ethipia: Youth migration (Tahriib) in Somaliland, Puntland and Somali Regional State
Bericht zur SEM/BFA FFM-Somalia: Jugendmigration (Tahriib) (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 2003916
29 January 2015 | MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author)
Somalia

Report on the situation of women from minority groups (minority and marginalised clans; legal status of minority women; discrimination and exclusion; sexual and gender-based violence)
Looma Ooyaan – No One Cries for Them: The Predicament Facing Somalia’s Minority Women (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1261580
30 September 2011 | Landinfo – Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre (Author)
Somalia

Report on the Somali clan system and protection and conflict resolution mechanisms (clan protection in general; mechanisms for conflict resolution; clan protection and clan influence today)
Somalia: Protection and Conflict Resolution Mechanisms (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1237224
22 July 2011 | Landinfo – Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre (Author)
Somalia

Report on language and dialects in Somalia
Somalia: Language situation and dialects (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1128163

Background on socio-economic situation

Important documents

Report on the security situation by region (recent political and security-related developments; armed actors; conflict dynamics; impact on civilian life; internal displacement; other topics)

Report on Al-Shabaab (development, territorial control, recruitment, desertion)

Report on state and non-state actors (federal government and security forces; clans; al-Shabaab; AMISOM and AFRICOM; Islamic State (IS) group; other topics)

Documentation of a webinar on Somalia (al Shabaab and security situation; IDPs and returnees; state and non-state protection)

Position of UNHCR and the protection cluster on the vulnerability of marginalised and minority groups

Report on the situation of civilian in the armed conflict (human rights violations by state actors and non-state armed groups; sexual violence; children in armed conflict; covering January 2017 - December 2019)

Report on a joint Fact-Finding-Mission by SEM and BFA on Somalia and Ethipia: Youth migration (Tahriib) in Somaliland, Puntland and Somali Regional State

Report on the situation of women from minority groups (minority and marginalised clans; legal status of minority women; discrimination and exclusion; sexual and gender-based violence)

Report on the Somali clan system and protection and conflict resolution mechanisms (clan protection in general; mechanisms for conflict resolution; clan protection and clan influence today)

Report on language and dialects in Somalia