Somalia, United Nations Protectorate, 5 Centesimos – 1950

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In 1941, the British occupied Italian Somalia, leaving all the Somalia (Italian and British) under military control. At the Postdam conference it was agreed not to return its colonies to Italy, and the complete British control was maintained until 1950, when the United Nations approved to create a protectorate in the old Italian Somalia (or trust) under the control of this country, with the condition of that the country acquired independence within 10 years. Italian control encouraged the economy, placing Somalia in a privileged position within Africa, for many development indicators. Illiteracy was reduced, a Roman satellite university was created, and malnutrition was also significant. Politicians were able to experience self -government quotas prior to independence, and in fact, the important advance with respect to neighboring British Somalia would later make the integration of both colonies difficult. The Italian was the official language, together with the Somali (written until 1972 with Arabic alphabet, and posterioment with the Latin), the Arab being an extended language. The monetary unit was the Somalo, divided into hundredths, being the somalo replaced after independence by the Somali Chelin.