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Landmark Memorandum of Understanding Signed in Somaliland

The MOU was signed in Hargeisa by the Minister of Investment and Industrial Development, HE. Abdirasak Ibrahim Mohamed, and Abdirahman Hashi, the Somaliland Director of Shuraako. This initiative aims to boost investments in Somaliland’s production sector, fostering economic opportunities and job creation.

July 27,2024

Transforming Waste Management in Somaliland

Waste management has long been a pressing challenge in Somaliland. Recent studies paint a stark picture: in Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, only 65% of daily waste is collected due to inefficient equipment. This gap in sanitation services not only affects public health but also hampers economic growth and quality of life.

September 20,2024

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September 02, 2020

Somali Women Netting a Profit

Nets are crucial to fishing - so training and promoting women in net-making and mending in local fishing communities. Secure Fisheries follows up with two women who attended a net-making workshop in Bander Beyla.

September 02, 2020

Haweenka Soomaaliyeed ee Soo Hooyay Macaash

Sawirada kalluumaysatada Soomaaliyeed ayaa inta badan muujiya iyaga oo biyaha kasoo jiidaya shabaga kalluunka kuna ridaya doomahooda.

September 01, 2020

Fisheries Co-management Power-Sharing Agreement Established Between Puntland Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and Bander Beyla Fishing Community

On August 13, 2020, representatives from the Puntland Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and the Bander Beyla fishing community convened to establish a system of power-sharing around fisheries management.

August 18, 2020

Hoggaaminta Xog Ururin Kalluumaysi oo Soomaaliya Anficidoonta Mustaqbalka

Siddeed iyo toban qof oo Soomaali ah, oo isugu jira shaqaale Wasaaradaha Kalluumaysiga (heer Federaal iyo heer Dowlad Gobboleed) iyo xog ururiyayaal iyaga la shaqeeya, ayaa hoggaaminaya mashruuc xog ururin ah oo kalluumeysiga ah - waana kii ugu horreeyay ee noociisa ah tan iyo dagaalkii sokeeye ee w...

August 13, 2020

Virtual Market Provides Food in the San José del Guaviare During COVID-19.

A Virtual Farmers Market was created as a strategy to face COVID-19 crisis in Colombia countryside.

July 30, 2020

Fair Trade Agreement Between Ex-combatants and Ex-coca Grower Families in Guaviare

Ex-combatant cooperatives will provide animal feed to ex-coca grower families and will buy their products at fair prices.

New Jobs Ex Combatants Colombia Farming Maize

July 27, 2020

The Rural Alternative School of Pasca Supports Food Provision in Bogotá During COVID-19 Pandemic

The Alternative Rural School (ERA) of Pasca provides food to Bogotá during the COVID-19 pandemic

July 10, 2020

UN75 Global Governance Forum - Join the Conversation!

Register now to participate in this week’s global conversation on the critical role of international cooperation in addressing the world’s increasingly complex problems. The UN75 Global Governance Forum aims to support the United Nations in effectively navigating challenges in the years ahead throug...

July 10, 2020

Maritime Piracy Report Identifies Constantly Evolving Threat Requiring International and Inter-Agency Cooperation to Reduce Human Cost

What OEF teams have helped experts learn about countering piracy in the last decade.

July 08, 2020

Pioneering Fishing Data for Somali Futures

Eighteen Somali fisheries officers and data enumerators are leading a pioneering fisheries data collection project - the first since the country’s civil war.

July 07, 2020

New Report on the Global Fragility Act Seeks Reader Feedback

A report by OEF Research and AfP provides recommendations for improving the implementation of the Global Fragility Act by USAID, Department of State, and DOD.

July 02, 2020

AADCO Paper Factory: Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Somali Business Sector

Somali businesses like AADCO Paper Factory are working hard - and making great strides - toward securing a place on the international market where they can be competitive and bring new, innovative ideas to the private sector.

June 30, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: A Web Series Told by Campesino (Rural Farming) Women that Left Their Coca Crops Behind

The program “Land of Dreams” from RCN Radio, interviewed Pontus Ohrstedt, Head of the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Sustaining Peace in Colombia, and Juan Fernando Lucio, National Director of PASO Colombia.

June 30, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: A Web Series Told by Campesino (Rural Farming) Women that Left Their Coca Crops Behind

June 30, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: A Web Series Told by Peasant Women that Left Their Coca Crops Behind

June 26, 2020

White House Implements Women, Peace & Security Act Measures as US Foreign Policy Priorities

In a critical step toward elevating the Women, Peace and Security Act (WPS) goals as a key foreign policy priority, the White House released shared plans the government is taking to enhance women’s role in preventing, resolving, and recovering from conflict.

June 22, 2020

New Rural School in Carmen Del Darién to Develop Herbal Health Care Products

The new Alternative Rural School in Carmen del Darién brings together a women's association and a cooperative of ex-combatants to jointly develop projects around medicinal plants and their transformation.

Alternative Jobs for Growers of Illicit Crops - Fishing

June 17, 2020

Juan Fernando Lucio in Television Debates

Juan Fernando Lucio, director of PASO Colombia, participated in Television Debates, a program of Univalle University Channel

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