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Somaliland: Where There Has Been Conflict but No Intervention Visiting Colombia in June, 2014, as part of the Africa-Colombia Dialogue of the BrenthurstFoundation, was an opportunity to reflect on the power of misconceptions. Even
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Somaliland’s Sovereignty – Why Professor Woodward is Wrong to Advise Caution There was an article which appeared in the Australian journal “THE CONVERSATION” on 9th September 2016 titled “Somaliland wants to secede – here’s
Nationalism, Consent & the State in Somalia
Nationalism, Consent & the State in Somalia Introduction Since the collapse of the Siyad Barre military dictatorship in January 1991, the southern part of the erstwhile Somali Republic (i.e. the ex-Italian Somalia) has become
The Somaliland Exception
The Somaliland Exception In the more than two decades since the collapse of the last entity that could be reasonably described as the central government of Somalia, the Texas-sized territory has become the byword
Somaliland donor approach to fragile societies
A new donor approach to fragile societies: Somaliland Over the past two decades, development practitioners and donor agencies have been pre-occupied with the need to engage more effectively with fragile states. In many fragile
Somaliland Building State Capacity in a Post-Confl…
Building State Capacity in a Post-Conflict Situation: The Case of Somaliland Abstract This study examines the nature of Somaliland’s state building process that focuses on building state capacity to overcome the fragile state ofSomaliland: The Strains of Success
Overview Somaliland’s hybrid system of tri-party democracy and traditional clan-based governance has enabled the consolidation of state-like authority, social and economic recovery and, above all, relative peace and security but now needs reform. Success
A Pocket of Stability: Understanding Somaliland
Introduction On 18 May 2011 the self-proclaimed and unrecognised state of Somaliland celebrated its twentieth year of de facto independence from the Somali Republic. Emerging after the collapsed Siad Barre regime in 1991, Somaliland