Introduction: This brief note highlights some of the challenges of quality education in Somaliland. It is noted that from 2001 and 2010, most policymakers concerned with the education system in Somaliland, limited their attention to school access or enrolments.
However,...
By Stephen M. Schwartz
Joshua Meservey, senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, advocated in a recent policy paper that the United States recognize Somaliland as an independent state. This serious proposal is overdue for consideration. Meservey recounts that Somaliland ended its...
Ramifications of a world's shift towards greener/renewable energy, a zero net carbon future, the staggering $66.1 Billion Climate Finance made by the Multilateral Development Banks in 2020, and the consequences Somaliland could face if we do not align our...
By: Mohamed A. Suleiman
I read the opinion piece by China’s ambassador to Somalia, Fei Chengchao, entitled: “Distance, time no barrier to China-Somalia ties”, with a great deal of trepidation. On the surface, the article appears to herald a new...
A comparative review and technical analysis of the Petroleum Revenue Bill (2015), a detailed appraisal & top facts you should know!
Preface
BEHOLD! LET US TALLY OUR OILY BARRELS WHILST STILL UNDERGROUND, ELSE WHY BOTHER?!
Let us dare to be optimists!...
A comparative review and technical analysis of the Petroleum Policy (2015) & the Upstream Petroleum Act of Somaliland (95/2021), examining its salient features and attractive offerings for the nation and investors.
Preface
In September 2019, and for the first time,...
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By Patrick Gathara
Undermining international institutions comes at a price.
When he was first elected in 2013, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, along with his running mate, William Ruto, was awaiting prosecution at the International Criminal Court. They had been...
Why is Somaliland government deporting foreign National from Las Anod, capital of Sool region.
https://youtu.be/Eje1TKezq9A
Recently, Las Anod has become a trading hub in a very short time, but sees a shocking increase in killings.
Elders and intellectuals of Sool region strongly...
Jointly co-authored by Mohd Faisal Hawar and Mohamoud Faisal Hawar, both Oil and Gas Management Graduates, specialized in Oil and Gas Fiscal Regimes, Oil and Gas Economists, Trainers & Consultants on all the Extractive Fiscal Regimes.
Crude Oil, the...
On May 31, Somalilanders went to the polls to elect a new parliament for the first time in sixteen years. With no incumbents running for reelection, the result was an 82-member House of Representatives made up entirely of new...