1.
When I leave Somalia I will leave buildings but not people.
Siad Barre
2.
The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On the contrary, famines are spurred on as result of a global oversupply of grain staples.
Michel Chossudovsky
3.
I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy.
Michael Palin
4.
Somalia is facing many problems, I don't even know where to start.
Waris Dirie
5.
You know what? I knew that my God was bigger than his [about Muslims in Somalia]. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.
William G. Boykin
6.
The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.
Hawa Abdi
7.
Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.
William Hague
8.
In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really hope that my country will one day rise out of this mess and reach the potential it has.
Waris Dirie
9.
Kelly, there are people in Somalia who would die for a banana.
Jack Osbourne
11.
Somaliland and Somalia at large have been receiving now hundreds of thousands of returnees that they had to accommodate with very small resources.
Jan Egeland
12.
For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.
William Hague