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Somaliland And Puntland: Lost Between The Lines

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 In 1978, a year after the fierce war between Ethiopia and Somalia over the Ogaden region, an attempted coup led by Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf failed. Following the incident, Abdullahi fled to Ethiopia, where he went on to organize an armed opposition movement known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF). Prior to this event, Abdullahi had already been planning to overthrow the central government, even before the Ogaden war began. Having recently been released from a long imprisonment under the regime, he was prepared a move against the ruling milatary regime. However, with the Somali government mobilizing for the national campaign to “liberate” the Somali-inhabited territories under Ethiopian control, Abdullahi decided to postpone his coup attempt. He feared that acting at such a critical time might make him appear as though he were opposing the national cause and undermine his personal and military reputation. A determined and politically astute man, Abdullahi chose instead...

dulmiga biyaha: qabsashada emaaraadka iyo israel ee jaziirada suqadhra

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loolanka jaziirada muhiimka ah ee suqadhra-yemen oo eey israel iyo imaaraadka doonayaan in ey ka dhigaan hoyga sirdoon milatari ayaa walaac weeyn ku abuurtay dhaqdhaqaaqa ansarallah iyo xulafadooda, iyagoo ka cabsi qaba in taasi ey kor usii qaado hardanka juqraafi siyaasaseed ee yemen. photo credit: the cradle jaziirada suqadhra oo ku taala koonfurta badda yemen ee jaziirada carbeed ayaa soo jiidaneysa indhaha iyo masaalixda caalamka maaadaama ey ku taalo mid kamid ah marinada ugu mashquulka badan ee shixnadaha caalamka. bishii june 21, 2020 waxaa jaziirada yemen awood milatari kula wareegay taxaalufka sacuudiga iyo imaaraadka- kuwaasi oo siyaasad ku dhisan ku takrifalid iyo awood kula wareegayay dekedaha galbeedka aasiya iyo geeska afrika tan iyo 1991 dii. marinadan isku tagtagy ayaa ka kooban afar jaziirad oo waaweyn oo kala ah socorta (3, 796 km square), abd al kuri (130.2 km s), samhah ( 39.6 km2), darsah (7.5 km2), iyo sedex jaziirad oo yaryar. suqadhra oo ah jaziirada ugu weeyn w...

Opinion | Why Are The Current Global Food Crises A Wake Up Call For Somalia

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  over seven million people in Somalia are currently effected by the drought, Reuters  September, 18, 2022 By: Adia murshid food and water are the basic four elements for human survival together with air and shelter, over the centuries humans cultivated and revolutionized their food chains, rations and production styles to fight hunger and poverty- and for luxury, in what leads to globally, one-third of food produced worldwide for human consumption is either waste or lost .  This amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year, worth approximately 1 trillion of US dollar . on the other side of the world, dozens of people in developing world are everyday suffering to bring food on their plates and access clean water in their homes. Struggling global food chains already fueled by climate change, locust swarms and political instability are now ravaged by the recent covid-19 and the current Russian-Ukraine war into the worst-case scenarios possible. Only in east Africa, 2...

MY 2021 IN 200 WORDS

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 the year of 2021 was full of ups and downs with many successful and unsuccessful plans for me, though most of the time i perceived the year joyfully through achieving few of my desired goals and thrust out intended plans which i noted in the first of January. my biggest achievement was simply graduating and earning my bachelors degree in economics at SIMAD university with a thrilling end to 4 years journey, i also got a job at state level which is also another big bow to my career. i read 7 books throughout the year, 1. essential hayek, 2. free to choose, 3. the nudge, 4. the big questions: a short introduction to philosophy, 5. the subtle art of not giving a f**k, 6. naked economics, 7: it worked for me: in life and in leadership, though my plan was to read 12 books at the end of the year.  i earned a professional certificates on project proposal writing, blogging and environmental economics. i presented a paper tiled " the relationship of inflation and unemployment: empiric...

Dhaqaalaha ma u baahanyahay taageerada dowlada

Marka ey jirto ama timaado dhibaate dhaqaale waxaa asal ah in raiyul caamka bulshada badanaa isku raacsanyahay in ey daruuri tahay in loo baahanyahay dowlad adag oo u dhaqaado iney wax ka qabato duruuftaa dhaqaale ee jirta ama markaa soo if baxday. Laakiin su aashu waxey tahay xaqiiqatan maloo baahanyahay taageeradaa dadku ku colcolaadiyaan, maxaase ka dhalan kara hadii la helo, suaalaha iyo kuwo la xariiro ayaaan jeclaan lahaa inaan ku gorfeeyo maqaalkaan. Marka ey timaado mabaadi'da dhaqaale, mab'da 'classical liberalism' oo uu dhidibada u taagay aabaha dhaqaalaaha casriga (modern economy) Adam Smith, waxuu aaminsanaa marka ey timaado baaahida dowlad loo qabo, kaliya iney tahay sedex shaqo waxa looga baahanyahay. 1. Dhowrida nidaamka cadaalada ee bulshadu ku heshiisay, 2. Dhisida booliis nidaamkasi ilaaliyo iyo, 3. Dhisida milatary ka difaaca dalkaasi cid alaale cidii dibada uga soo xadgudubta, Adam Smith marnaba maso hadal qaadin arimo dhaqaale markey timaado shaqada...

the effect of dollarization on small businesses in Somalia

After the collapse of the central government of Somalia in 1991, fallowed by immediate civil war breakout. the country is still suffering from the consequences of the war in present day after almost three decades, one of the severest consequences in the aftermath of the war is the collapse of central bank of Somalia(CBS) since then the country dramatically adopted dollarization, that in today the exchange rate of Somali shilling(ssh) against the US dollar is 25000ssh, and there is only one remaining item of the shilling out of seven denominations it used to be in the early days, and only small payments is used for the shilling today. back in the day, the idea of adopting the dollar as a medium of exchange come out for mainly two reasons, firstly, the confidence of the people on local currency was destroyed due to the vulnerability of the shilling to be forged easily because the lack of regulatory body(central bank) to administer the supply and the demand for money, secondly, the shi...