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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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October 26, 2019

Somalia Launches the Fisheries Data Collection Working Group

The Fisheries Data Collection Working Group was started to begin nation-wide fisheries catch data in Somalia.

October 24, 2019

Using Technology to Improve Coffee Production in the ERA of Tuluá

In the Rural Alternative School (ERA) of Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, an association of farmers who were victims of the armed conflict (ASOPROVENUS) and a cooperative of ex-combatants (COOLMUNES) have been collaborating on agricultural projects since July 2018.

October 24, 2019

New approach to reincorporation in the Rural Alternative School (ERA) of El Tarra

This is a key region for peacebuilding efforts, strongly affected by the armed conflict before and after the 2016 Peace Agreement, with a long presence of crops for illicit use, a strategic location on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, and very rich in natural resources.

October 13, 2019

Secure Fisheries Program Welcomes Somali Government Delegates to Colorado

Secure Fisheries program had the honor of hosting the Chief of Staff to the President of Somalia, Mr. Ali Omar, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr. Saadiq Haji Ibrahim, at the One Earth Future Foundation offices in Colorado.

October 13, 2019

Women's Participation And The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns

The Women in Resistance (WiRe) data set is the first of its kind to catalog women’s participation in 338 maximalist resistance campaigns (i.e., those campaigns that call for the toppling of an oppressive government, or territorial self-determination).

Paige M. Roberts

Laura C. Burroughs

Ahmed-Yasin Osman Moge

October 10, 2019

The Potential for Fisheries Co-Management in the Somali Region

The Somalia Fisheries Forum 2019 in Garowe convened fisheries stakeholders to design a roadmap for successful small-scale fisheries in the region. As part of the forum, participants discussed the potential for cooperative management (co-management) to be implemented in Somali coastal communities. Co...

October 10, 2019

Africa's Blue Economy: Five Nations Poised For Growth

And there appears to be plenty of room for sustainable growth, according to the One Earth Future Stable Seas Maritime Security Index, as long as the focus switches from top-of-the-food-chain fish, such as sharks, tuna and marlin, and concentrates on the smaller pelagic fish, like the Indian oil sard...

October 08, 2019

From Miranda To Cali: Improving Nutrition And Food Security With Beans

As part of a strategy to find new markets for the food produced in the Alternative Rural Schools (ERA), members of the ERA in Miranda began to participate

October 08, 2019

Climate Change, Fisheries, and Conflict in Africa

Dr. Sarah Glaser spoke on a panel entitled, "An Ocean of Change: How Climate Change is Upending our View of Maritime Sustainability, Sovereignty, and Security”.

Clayton Besaw

October 08, 2019

Unpacking Russian Presidential Speech Patterns with Machine Learning

This analysis utilizes a machine learning methodology known as topic modeling to identify and uncover thematic trends in Russian presidential speech data from 1999 to 2020.