May 18, 2013
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Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Ethnic Somalis number around 15-17 million and are principally concentrated in Somalia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Kenya, Djibouti, and an unknown but large number live in parts of the Middle East, North America and Europe.
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![African Union forces expand control outside Mogadishu [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-12223000/12223290/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=51e56b373353542c838e56243ae4d609)
![Somali runners dream big ahead of Olympics [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-7163000/7163515/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=fa2fbe0641332acfa40ad252fc31505f)
![UN organization estimates one third of Somalis suffer from mental illness [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-4138000/4138027/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b7710d1ff9e43942951fa307e47afa28)
![Deadly blast rocks former al-Shabab stronghold in Somalia [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-2957000/2957485/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=f107f1a043fd2483d208394b674f1829)
![Somalia grappling with highest infant mortality rate [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-2609000/2609921/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=94b75fabdf14edcb69aa931effc1c552)
![Ethiopian and Somali troops seize key al-Shabab stronghold [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-1030000/1030049/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=a78ec70cca9119826773878ef844cfb3 "A member of Somalia's al-Shabab militant group sits during a public demonstration to announce their integration with al-Qaeda, in Elasha, south of the capital Mogadishu February 13, 2012: REUTERS/Feisal Omar")
![Somali aid distribution suffers rampant corruption [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-316000/316356/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=cc37d9a038ded1075d46bab46d999be9)
![AU troops battle al-Shabab in outer Mogadishu as UN issues grim report on famine [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-313000/313805/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=03cb86fd6a217f004aa552cf78e89472)
