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Taiwan’s COVID-19 containment strategy utilizing innovative technology and universal health coverage

Dr. Shih-Chung Chen, Minister of Health and Welfare Republic of China (Taiwan)
By: Dr. Shih-Chung Chen, Minister of Health and Welfare Republic of China (Taiwan) Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 510 million confirmed cases and more than 6.25 million deaths have been reported around the world. As nations continue to battle the pandemic, Taiwan’s...

“Departure of the Brown Intellectual” By Former President of Aden

Ali Nasir Former President of Aden
Aden, Yemen (ANN)-Hamed Jama Hussein (aka حامد جامع) , a cultured intellectual, died in Aden, where he lived and lived the lives of ordinary people as a whole, her subsistence life. He only left for Aden on Monday when he died. He did not leave...

Somaliland and Somalia Dialogue:Possible ways forward

Somaliland-Somalia-Talks
By: Hersi Ali Haji Hasan, The leader of  Waddani Party Somaliland was a colony of Great Britain up to her independence on June 26, 1960, while Somalia was an Italian colony up to her independence on July 1, 1960. An immediate union followed, the two...

The Current Status of Educational Standard In Somaliland

Somaliland schooling standards have undergone unpredictable situations since it reclaimed its independence from the rest of what was formerly known as a Somali Democratic Republic in 1991, it seems that a cross section of younger adults are growing up without access to high quality...

Op-Ed: The Case of Somaliland Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting 

Some cutters use a razor blade for the female genital mutilation procedure CREDIT: Ivan Lieman /Getty Images
By:Mubaarik Fuaad Hassan The FGM is a traditional habits used by many countries around the world. FGM is rive amongst the areas resided by ethnically Somali people. Every year we participate in the annual FGM day on the 6th of February. This day is used...

The Rebirth Of Somaliland (10): The Gezira Beach Atrocity (The Massacre Of The Northern Youth)

In the late 1980s, people of Somaliland origin living in the south (Somalia) especially in Mogadishu were mostly civil servants, businessmen, traders, students etc. They were often subjected to subjugation, discrimination and harassment as they were alleged to belong to the SNM or have...

Op-Ed: Tribal borders cannot lead to unity for Somalia or bring back Somaliland

Somaliland flag
By: Sagal Mohamed Ashour I will start by addressing biased views in articles, as this is important to allow the reader to understand what is being written, and the perspectives of the person writing it. For most...

Unelected House of Legislation, Uneducated Parliamentarians and a government on the end of its term; could they take us to the road to recognition or achieving a modern government...

Hersi Ali H. Hasan, the Chairman of the Waddani Party
By:Hersi Ali H. Hasan The challenges and burdens our people faced during the last three generations, including colonialism, bad governance, massacre by a dictatorial regime, neglect and being scattered all over the world as refugees makes one inherit painful memory and a worrisome past empty...

The Impact of Inflation on Standard of Living in Somaliland

INFLATION Inflation is simply rise in prices of commodities and devalues of money. It directly influences the standard of living. The effect of inflation has made it very difficult for many households have to get their basic necessities which have gone...

NADIFA MOHAMED: WHAT WE LOST IN THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE

By Nadifa Mohamed It’s hard to not to imagine myself into those flats, in the days and hours before the fire. To not imagine the stacks of wedding clothes, jewelry and new-home paraphernalia at the home of Hosna Begum’s family, as she prepared to marry her fiancé...