Somaliland Essays

I was raised and grow up in Hargeisa; therefore, the first thing I was taught there was that Hargeisa is the capital of Somalia, and there was no other truth than that. Until one day, I met one girl from Mogadishu; I was shocked when she told me that Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia, not Hargeisa. With the years I learned a lot of things from her; although Hargeisa and Mogadishu are two cities of one country, they have plenty of different and similarities between them in all kinds of matters.

Trapped in Our Country’s Shadow. Everybody in this world have something they want to pursue. But for some people the things that can result in their happiness are overshadowed by either the things they regret doing in the past, family situation and even the country they were born in. Women in Somalia, located in East Africa, are prime examples of people who are trying to obtain their own happiness. But, are stopped from doing so because of the country they were born in. These women are trying to

Why Somaliland Municipalities should only be a Primary Concern by the President-Elect? In this brief article I am going to shift the attention of the public at large and the president-elect to the importance of steering the wheel of the municipalities in wing-wing drive model for a sustainable development in which the new government is expected to achieve by the course of its term, the Somaliland people have a drastic concerns over the disabled way that our local governments have survived for many

peace. (“World War II in Europe”) Italy had many roles to play during World War II. They were one of Three major military power who controlled Africa and other nations during World War II. Italy occupied British, Somaliland and eventually joined Italy in 1949. They obtained the Somaliland in 1889, and was converted into the state of Italian East Africa in 1936. Britain invaded Italy in 1941 and it remained under Britain’s control

No matter what your view on imperialism is , it is an important part of world history. Africa is a perfect historical example of imperialism. Africa is home to countless resources including cocoa, diamonds, as well as metals such as iron and copper. In the 1800s, these resources were very valuable, especially to Europe. These resources couldn’t be found in European countries, so they were forced to go to places like Africa to get them. With the end of the slave trade from Africa to most of Europe

themselves. For that reason, they discuss what information or evidence they have at the moment. Then, a timeline is created by the investigator in order to know the sequence events at the crime scene. As mentioned by Criminal Justice Compendium for Somaliland (2015), all of the materials obtained are sort according into victim and witness evidence statements. Thus, the investigator reads and analyses all the stuffs collected to confirm of what has been

The League of Nations was an international organization that came into existence in January 10, 1920 and officially collapsed on April 18, 1946. Prior to the outbreak of World War I, less efforts were made to improve how foreign affairs and conflicts were dealt. The aftermath of the war made nations realize that an international organization was needed to prevent an outbreak of another war. Thus, the League was established after the Paris Peace conference. Centered on the principle of Collective

indicators in the entire world. In Somaliland and Puntland the level of human development are generally higher than the south and central parts. They have better food security, higher incomes as well as no armed conflict (WHO, 2006). Even though these areas are more peaceful, they also have weak governance, poor institutional and organizational capacities as well as a poor skill base. However, these areas have formal and published budgets. Compared to Somaliland and Puntland, south/central Somalia

Separate from Somalia, Somaliland was known by as the British Somaliland Protectorate received unrecognized freedom May 18th, 1991. Somalia known as Italian Somalia its colonial name, received independence July 1st, 1960. Located in the Located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia suffers from an unsuccessful government, food crisis, disease, piracy, and recurrent external intervention of attempt at help such as the UN creating a navy in attempts to stop pirates. These factors combined have ultimately

MONITORING Monitoring, in case of Somalia concerns the overall task of collecting human rights abuse reports and reporting them to the international community. Monitoring is a precondition to protection (Paffenholz). Serious abuse of human rights is a call for the international community to take action regarding the protection of civillians. Many international organizations have been able to report on the abuses of human rights in Somalia. The OHCHR released a document in 2011 that highlights the

The British beat the Italians to Somalia, and quickly claimed Northern Somalia and named it “British Somaliland.” The British claimed this area because they wanted to keep the route to India open with the Suez Canal because of India’s abundance of coal, iron, and natural gas for trading. However, they did not do much to improve Somalia during their rule.

independence from Italy and Britain in 1960. This movement began with the educated elite who lived in the urban cities. They believed in national unity and the rejection of the system of clans- pan Somalia. In 1960, the two former colonised territories, Somaliland and southern Somalia, came together to create a national assembly that would elect a President. The President would then appoint a Prime Minister who would form a cabinet. This cabinet would be first approved by the National Assembly and answer

I believe that gender inequality is one of the most serious topics that is taken under consideration in this modern day society. According to Wikipedia the definition of gender inequality is the unequal way society is treating each other based on their gender (1). Men and women face gender inequality every single day, but most are in the shadows of how badly this affects both genders and not just women. Each country faces many different variations of gender inequality from social expectations to

contains beautiful architecture, but is now closed due to warlords. Laas Gaal Cave Paintings: This complex cave system contains ancient paintings dating 5,000 to 11,000 year ago. Hargeisa: Hargeisa is the capital of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland. The city has an expansive market market place and the economy is growing very rapidly. In addition, the city has been very safe and peaceful since the civil war. Golis Range Mountains: This forest has an elevation of 4,000 feet and contains over

countries. Unless the cause of the war involves the rest of the world. The Somali Civil War is a conflict Somalia that started in 1991, after the stepping down of the dictator, Siad Barre. The Italian Somalia formed with the British empire of Somaliland in 1960, later in 1991 it declared its independence but in uproar clan based warlords began competing and begun controlling the nation as a whole. Having war between clans is not just, because often the public are brought into the battle. Also

Berlin made the European powers want even more land, Great Britain and France clashed in the village of Fashoda. When Great Britain was expanding south from Egypt towards the Cape, France was expanding towards the east from French West Africa to Somaliland. A British force under Lord Kitchener met a french

The countries taken over by Italy include Ethiopia, Greece, France, Albania, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Kenya, and British Somaliland (Knighton). Italy took over different countries for different reasons. For example, one of the countries that Italy invaded was Egypt. “This was a chance to gain control of the strategically vital Suez Canal, secure the eastern end of the Mediterranean

Struggling for survival in Somalia. A country living with children on its streets is a country with no love for itself. Thousands of children in Somalia are left homeless with no parents to look after them because they were either lost in war or have gotten really sick due to the outbreak of various diseases. It is a terrible thing that the country doesn’t have a stabilized government to go to for help and that children are left to figure out their way of survival on their own. It hurts

rights"(Lewis). Civil wars during the 1980's led to the breakdown of the centralized national government by the early 1990's. The 1990's brought many clans and alliances fighting to gain control of the country. "In the north the Republic of Somaliland and Puntland became independent countries though neither were recognized by the rest of the world"(Lewis). Militia groups continued to fight for control

CHAPTER 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS This is the third chapter of the research study, which is presented the materials and methods used to conduct the study. In this chapter, the researcher presented the geography and population of the study areas as well as the scope of the study. It is discussed the data collection methods used for the study and showed the limitations of the study. 3.1 Geography of the study area A study on mitigations of land degradation was conducted in Somalia