← → The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Somalia.

February 18, Puntland region has suspended its antipiracy training deal with Saracen International, a South African mercenary firm linked to Erik Prince of Blackwater, citing consultation with the U.N.

The program had been halted since Feb. 12, following a similar cancellation by the Somali government in January.

[3] On 20 July, the United Nations officially declared famine in two regions in the southern part of the country (IPC Phase 5), the first time a famine had been declared in the region by the UN in nearly thirty years.

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