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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”

Conscience Over Command: The Incredible Story of an Air Force Pilot Ordered to Bomb Civilians in Somaliland

Conscience Over Command: The Incredible Story of an Air Force Pilot Ordered to Bomb Civilians in Somaliland

Former Somalia fighter jet MiG-17 bomber pilot and captain of the Air Force, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan mostly known as Ahmed Dheere, ignored his commander’s order and refused the bombardments of the city of Hargeisa in 1988. Continue reading “Conscience Over Command: The Incredible Story of an Air Force Pilot Ordered to Bomb Civilians in Somaliland”

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”