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Op-Ed:How covid-19 has affected the economy of somali women

Nimco Yusuf, 45, is one businesswoman feeling the pain. She started her kitchen utensils business in Mogadishu ten years ago hoping to address new market demand after years of conflict. She started by offering cooking utensils. photo by IOM
By: Mubaarik Fuaad Hassan The situation of the Somaliland Girls during the period of covid19 covering the last 3years  Covid19 has effected the economy and the movements of goods and people across the world, effects...

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...

Somalilanders’ Quest for Independence Isn’t ‘Neocolonial’ Plot. It’s Self-Determination

Somaliland flag
By:Joshua Meservey Salon.com ran a piece recently warning that the American right is “waging a stealth, neocolonial assault on Somalia.” The supposed “assault” is a growing campaign within the U.S. and elsewhere to recognize Somaliland’s independence from Somalia. The author, Mohamoud Gaildon, included as evidence a report that I wrote...

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...

Op-Ed: Somaliland’s informal institutions: challenges and opportunities

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According to North, informal institutions such as norms, routines, and political processes are more durable than formal rules. There is no single viewpoint on the genesis of institutions. Similarly, there are numerous explanations for why institutions fail to function efficiently and under what conditions...

Op-Ed: State subversion: how Somalia perfected the art of subversion and deploys it against Somaliland

Somaliland and somali flags
By:Mustafa Ahmed Qosol been ah fool wada qayaxan qiil an garanaayo Booraan afkii laga qafiley qabarna hooseeyo Qusur oodan shebeg laysu qubay qoolad iyo xeelad Qullaab iyo kullaab iyo lacaaf laysku qabanaayo Qayaamada kobtaa daahiraan qun ugu soo jeedo Doqon baa halkii lagu qatali qoorta soo dhigane Maanaa mindiyo lay qarshaa...

Hargeisa Knows How To Rise from The Ashes: We Will Remake It Again

Dr Sada Mire, Director of Horn Heritage Foundation, provides a compelling personal reflection on the Waaheen market, which she has a long history with.
Dr Sada Mire, Director of Horn Heritage Foundation, provides a compelling personal reflection on the Waaheen market, which she has a long history with.  Over the past thirty years, Hargeisa has become a beautiful city thanks to Somaliland’s...

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...

Somaliland’s case: Why should the U.S be truthful to its founding principles & support a sovereign Somaliland?!

President bihi capital hill
By: Abdisalam Rageh For more than hundreds of years, the U.S., under its declaration of independence, chose to employ unique attributes and values that have remained over the years to be the guiding principles of the American assertion of statehood. Values that so many people...

Somaliland: claiming our narratives

People wave flags as soldiers and other military personnel of Somalia's breakaway territory of Somaliland march past during an Independence Day celebration parade in the capital, Hargeisa on May 18, 2016. MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
By: Zahra Jbril So, you have been seeing Somaliland has been trending social media and wondering who, where and what is #Somaliland; below is a short summary to get you up to date. Somaliland encompasses the territory of the former British Protectorate (bordered by Djibouti to...