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University rebirth in Somalia: culture, education, and scientific research

The Italian-Somali relationship

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Published: 17 December 2025
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On July 1, 1960, the Somali Republic was born, thus ending, among other things, the formal bond that had united Somalia to Italy since 1908, under direct Italian colonial administration and then, in the 1950s and 1960s, under the United Nations trusteeship entrusted to Italy. While Somalia’s independence marked the end of that relationship, it did not substantially alter the cultural, economic, and even political cooperation between the two countries. Indeed, the following years saw an extraordinary development of those relations. [...]

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Paolo Sannella, Founder and President, Center for Relations with Africa of the Italian Geographical Society, Rome

Former Italian Ambassador to Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Sierra Leone; Founder and President, Center for Research and Training on the State in Africa, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

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University rebirth in Somalia: culture, education, and scientific research: The Italian-Somali relationship. (2025). Somali Journal of Science, Technology and Society, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/sjsts.2025.579