Passport and visa required. International Driving Licence required. Yellow fever certificate compulsory if arriving from infected areas. Hepatitis A, polio, tetanus and typhoid immunisation recommended. Diphtheria, TB, hepatitis B and meningitis immunisation recommended in some circumstances, seek further advice.
Malaria exists all year throughout the country.
Risk of rabies. The area occupied by the Somali-speaking people was divided between Britain, Italy, France and Ethiopia in the late 19th century. An impoverished and largely pastoral country in east Africa, half the population is nomadic. Around 75 percent of the people subsist from herding camels, sheep, goats and cattle. Major-General Mohammed Siad Barre seized power in a bloodless coup on October 21, 1969.