Somalia gained its independence in 1960, and a few years later clan fighting and war with Ethiopia brought the country to destitution. At present there is still inter-clan fighting and various warlords rule the country. The north declared independence from Somalia in 1992, and called itself Somaliland. In 1977 the Bible was published in the Somali language three years after the Christian missionaries had been expelled from the country. Today Somalis living outside their homeland are being reached with the Gospel.
Several missions work around the Horn of Africa.
Christian radio programmes are broadcast into Somali from the Seychelles. Before civil war broke out there were several hundred Somali Christians.