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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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January 27, 2020

Protecting biodiversity and building peace with honey

These 29 ex-combatants, organized in the Multiactive Cooperative for the Development of Northeast Antioquia (COOMULDESNA), have been supported by PASO Colombia in their beekeeping project since February 2019.

January 10, 2020

Somalia: Small and Medium Companies to Benefit From U.S.$10 Million Fund

Kjell Roland, Norfund CEO, said: This is an important investment and proofs the entrepreneurial spirit of Norfund. With Shuraako as a partner, we have a local team on the ground that works already.

January 10, 2020

Rough Seas: The Causes And Consequences Of Fisheries Conflict In Somali Waters

Rough Seas: The Causes and Consequences of Fisheries Conflict in Somali Waters explores the frequency, intensity, and drivers of fisheries conflict in Somali waters between 1990 and 2018.

January 07, 2020

Nairobi Workshop Convenes Somalia Stakeholders to Discuss Fisheries Co-management

In January, Secure Fisheries hosted a two-day workshop that convened representatives from the Federal Government, Puntland, Jubaland, Hirshabelle, and South West State Ministries of Fisheries (Galmadug regretted being unable to attend).

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January 03, 2020

Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security: Vital Lessons

Our Secure Future highlighted in Just Security oped by Ambassador Donald Steinberg

Victor Odundo Owuor

Dianna E. Almanza

December 20, 2019

Is Blockchain an Answer to Enterprise Development in Fragile States?

In an increasingly networked and digital world in which millions of transactions are recorded daily, the potential of data tampering in centralized ledgers that are the primary depository of these records can not be overemphasized. To partially confront this challenge, distributed ledger technologie...

December 20, 2019

Is Blockchain an Answer to Enterprise Development in Fragile States?

December 17, 2019

Shifting Strategies for a Changing World: Six Takeaways from the UN-FAO International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability

Small-scale fisheries are having a large impact on fisheries policies around the world.

December 15, 2019

Environmental Education Workshop

The workshop was led by a Somali fisheries expert and included 20 participants from a local fishing cooperative.

December 15, 2019

Sustainable Peace Through Collaboration

A Rural Alternative School (ERA for its Spanish acronym) is a productive and educational unit in a territory affected by violence.

December 09, 2019

Washington Debates Role Of Satellites In Open Skies Treaty

Melissa Hanham, a nuclear and open-source intelligence expert at the One Earth Future Foundation, said that while satellites are more capable than ever before, all space sensors could instead fly closer to land on aerial platforms, so planes offer higher-quality images.

Sarah M. Glaser

Paige M. Roberts

Kaija J. Hurlburt

December 06, 2019

Foreign Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Somali Water Perpetuates Conflict

Somali waters have high fisheries production potential, but the sustainability of those fisheries is compromised by the presence of foreign fishing vessels, many of them fishing illegally. The Somali domestic fishing sector is small and relatively nascent, but foreign vessels have fished in Somali w...

November 30, 2019

Somaliland Fishers Trained in Boat Engine Mechanics

Secure Fisheries coordinated a 45-day boat engine mechanics training for three Somaliland fishers.

November 26, 2019

New Policy Brief: Business Can Support R2P Efforts

A policy brief by OEF Research explores what role the private sector can have in supporting the Responsibility to Protect principle.

Conor Seyle

Jinghong Wang

November 25, 2019

Private Sector Peacebuilding: A Review of Past Cases and Lessons Learned

This report reviews a dozen case studies of business engagement in peacebuilding across a variety of private sector actors, strategies, and time. It was developed as a partnership with UN Peacebuilding Support Office and PeaceNexus Foundation with engagement from the UN Global Compact, and is intend...

November 25, 2019

Private Sector Peacebuilding

A new report by OEF Research reviews a dozen case studies of business engagement in peacebuilding across a variety of private sector actors, strategies, and time.

November 11, 2019

WIOMSA Billfish Workshop Launches Fisheries Research Throughout Africa

Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Isigi Keadagi hosted a multi-country, interdisciplinary workshop on billfish in Kenya to launch the project, “Billfish Interactions, Livelihoods, and Linkages for Fisheries sustainability in the Western Indian Ocean.”

Erica Chenoweth

October 30, 2019

Women’s Participation and The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns

This research examines the effects of women’s representation in resistance movements on their choice of strategies and movement effectiveness. The Women in Resistance (WiRe) data set is the first attempt to assess resistance movements on the degree to which they incorporate women into their politica...

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