Tag: Berbera

Constraints for Solid Waste Management in Somaliland

Constraints for Solid Waste Management in Somaliland

Many foreign scholars have researched and studied on many aspects of Somaliland’s development as well as it’s shortcomings, highlighting what is lacking, what is working well, and ways to improve some of them. Such readily available researches would save the nation a great deal of time and money to have been spent while leading to a rapid development. But unfortunately, the Somaliland leadership either does not know much about its existence or sees it as merely a literature insignificant to the country’s development. Continue reading “Constraints for Solid Waste Management in Somaliland”

Theme of an Event Commemorating Somaliland at 60: Past successes & Promising Future

Theme of an Event Commemorating Somaliland at 60: Past successes & Promising Future

Commemorating Somaliland after 60 years of independence, we shall host a webinar to discuss the state of affairs of the Republic of Somaliland. Continue reading “Theme of an Event Commemorating Somaliland at 60: Past successes & Promising Future”

Somaliland: 90 Year Old Somali Writing in Arabic Script

Somaliland: 90 Year Old Somali Writing in Arabic Script

This letter, penned by a husband in Berbera to his wife back in his home town Burao, carries quite a history and illustrates the Somali writing in Arabic script that is known as “Far Wadaad in Somali”. It was written about 90 years when the Somali language was not even officially written, by utilizing an Arabic script that some might have been proficient in it. As the letter indicates, at that time, it was difficult to get jobs in Berbera. Continue reading “Somaliland: 90 Year Old Somali Writing in Arabic Script”

Unlocking Somaliland

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On the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, sits Somaliland’s Berbera port. It occupies a strategic position in the Horn of Africa and lies on a busy shipping route for traffic to and from the Middle East and eastern Africa. Continue reading “Unlocking Somaliland”