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Somalis' Money Is Lifeline for Homeland

PARIS -- As Somalis struggle to survive the chaos that has overtaken their country, a network of companies that distribute money from the nation's large diaspora has quietly expanded, providing a crucial safety net.

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Saudi Livestock Move Boosts Somaliland Economy

Hargeysa (IRIN) - Days after Saudi Arabia lifted a nine-year ban on livestock imports from Somalia, the market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has seen a 10-fold increase in sales, according to local traders. “One thousand five...

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SOMALIA: IRIN Radio - Friday 6 November 2009

In today's programme - Dhegeyso barnaamijka maanta · Burao: Livestock trade to Saudi Arabia resumes · Beletweyne: IDPs clash over food distribution · Dadaab: Rains block roads to refugee camps · Weather forecast: Increased...

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Miscalculations In Somaliland Politics - By Mohamed Muosa

Kulmiye Party’s power has been in decline since the unfortunate power struggle conference held in Burco due to the miscalculation of its power hungry individuals. The decline has been continuing since then. The ill advice from...

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SOMALIA: IRIN Radio - Monday 7 September 2009

NAIROBI, 7 September 2009 (IRIN Radio) - In today's programme - Dhegeyso barnaamijka maanta Burao: Local market suffers livestock shortage [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] This material...

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Somalia: Time for Somaliland to Re-Envision Itself in a Changing Somalia

editorial There is no question that Somaliland people have been held hostage by a leadership with deep ties to the collapsed Barre regime . The people of Somaliland - a separatist republic in northwest Somalia - have been here...

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Somalia: Drought Fuelling Rural Exodus in Somaliland

Nairobi — Some rains have fallen in northern Somalia, but this has not stopped an exodus of drought-affected people from rural areas to urban centres in Somaliland, local officials said. "We know that hundreds of thousands have...

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Somaliland Elections “Tola-Ayey Style” - By Mohamed Khawi

Somaliland succeeded to hold together by the observance of tribal balance. Huwan entity was a melting pot representing the Somali nation as a whole and was a symbol of inspiration and national empowerment. While other Somali...

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SOMALIA: Just another day for Hargeisa's street children

Source: IRIN republic of Somaliland, 16 June – Day of the African child - is of little significance. "My family lives in Burao [about 150km east of Hargeisa]," one child said. "We were so many children. One day I decided to...

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The End of Somaliland I. From Social - Political Chaos to Economic - Environmental Calamities

Following the cancellation of presidential elections and the beginning of fratricidal conflict due to tribal rivalries exacerbated by dictator Riyaale’s tyrannical administration, the degradation of the socioeconomic conditions...

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