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The Rebirth Of Somaliland (11): Scorched Earth Policy In The North And The Letter Of Death

Dr. Hussein Mohamed Nur Throughout the 1980s a scorched earth policy was effectively in place in the whole of the Northern regions (Somaliland). One of the decisive factors that increased the tension and dissidence in the North and which accelerated the formation of an all-war open...

Chasing Mirages Across Somalia

Hopelessness is a dangerous dead-end. As in people, nations need sense of hope to exist and to deal with inevitable challenges throughout their development and indeed existence. But that sense of hope must be grounded on reality; otherwise, it turns into delusion. With the so-called...

One Thing You Must Know About Employment Background Screening

The Importance of Background Screening New Employees
By Omar Dek Aden So, you’re in charge of running or researching program for your company? Well, before you get too far there’s one thing you absolutely, positively must know: There is a difference - and we’re talking a big difference – between ordering an “instant” criminal...

Currency war, economic sanctions and consequences of petrodollar economy on financial tech industries

File photo showing a man exchanging Iranian rials for US dollars in Tehran, Iran (photo credit BBC)
By:Fatheya Yallas The announcement of facebook To launch its own new global cryptocurrency (Libra) backed by several FIAT currencies to its users (2.7 Billion) via What-up messaging services will have an impact on how global banking operates. It will undercut current money exchange services such...

Op-Ed: Taiwan the gateway of Somaliland to U.S.

Photo: Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (right) and his Somaliland counterpart Yasin Hagi Mohamoud (left) shake hands after signing an agreement on setting up representative offices in their respective country on Feb 26, 2020 in Taipei City. (Source: Somaliland MFA)
By:Abdirahman Mustafe Ali On 26 Feb.2020 the government of Somaliland and the government of Taiwan signed a bilateral protocol agreement between the two countries. This was seen as  a forward step for Somaliland diplomacy...

How Coronavirus affected African Economy.

How Coronavirus affected African Economy
Till now, some countries in sub-Saharan Africa have officially been affected by the COVID-19 disease including Nigeria and Senegal which were the first sub-Sahara African countries affected by the virus. But the economic consequences of the coronavirus outbreak are already being experienced on the...

Op-Ed: APPRECIATION NOTE with regard to Somaliland’s recognition, endorsed by Birmingham City Council 

Birmingham City leaders join calls for UK to recognize Somaliland
To:  Birmingham City Council, Birmingham, B1 1BB 10th July 2019 Re:  APPRECIATION NOTE with regard to Somaliland’s recognition, endorsed by Birmingham City Council on Monday 8th   July 2019.   I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and congratulations to The Lord Mayor of Birmingham City Councillor Mohammed Azim and the...

How Jeff Bezos thinks

Jeff Bezos
By William Cooper Jeff Bezos announced last week that he is stepping down as Amazon's CEO. He built Amazon from scratch. He also built Blue Origin – a pathbreaking spacecraft company – on the side. In the process, Bezos became the richest person of all time. How did he do it? The key...

Geopolitical Change, a Rising Hegemon, and Berbera Port Deal

Berbera Port deal has been groundbreaking; at the stroke of a pen, Somaliland took a massive step towards international recognition and permanent separation from Somalia By Dr. Brendon Cannon and Dr. Ash Rossiter - Brendon Cannon is Assistant Professor at Khalifa University’s Institute of International and...

Somaliland: Keep Ideology Out of K–12 Education

BY:Mohammed Dahir Ahmed Somaliland-Intense ideological competition is going on in Somaliland’s education system. The competition involves all tiers of education, without exception. Multiple Middle Eastern individuals and Islamic charitable organizations are trying hard to produce a generation bearing the Wahabi ideological flag. So far they...