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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 29, 2015

Is China Changing the Future of UN Peacekeeping?

Beyond China’s massive contribution to UN peacekeeping troops and the global peacekeeping budget, how will their increased role affect the nature of peacekeeping itself?

Curtis Bell

Jun Koga Sudduth

September 22, 2015

The Causes and Outcomes of Coup during Civil War

Though approximately one in four coup attempts takes place during an ongoing civil war, scholars have not yet analyzed how the incidence of civil war affects coup attempts and outcomes.

Sarah M. Glaser

Paige M. Roberts

Robert H. Mazurek

Kaija J. Hurlburt

Liza Kane-Hartnet

September 16, 2015

Securing Somali Fisheries

Securing Somali Fisheries is a comprehensive assessment of the domestic fisheries in the Somali region, the amount of foreign fishing in Somali waters, and the sustainability and economic conditions of those fisheries.

Danielle F. Jung

Lindsay Heger

September 11, 2015

Negotiating With Rebels: The Effect of Rebel Service Provision on Conflict Negotiations

When rebels provide social services, do they have more leverage negotiating the terms of a peace deal?

Jens Vestergaard Madsen

August 27, 2015

Non-State Actors in Maritime Security

August 08, 2015

Shuraako Overview Presentation

This video is an overview of Shuraako's work in the Somali region.

July 23, 2015

OEF at International Human Rights Funders Group Conference

Deputy Director of Research at OEF Conor Seyle participated in a panel at the International Human Rights Funders Group’s 2015 Conference in New York on July 14th.

July 12, 2015

Confronting the Global Crisis on Governance

Launch of the Report of the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance

Jon Bellish

July 05, 2015

Do Beliefs Cause Conflict?

The study of individual beliefs and belief systems may have the potential to provide valuable insights into the drivers of many conflicts. But conflict prevention that is not systematic, self-critical and acknowledging of all of the other elements that may spawn conflict, has the potential to devolv...

Elham Seyedsayamdost

July 01, 2015

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: How Did Poverty Reduction become Synonymous with Development?

Why is poverty reduction the ultimate goal of development, and what are the results of this focus? Guest author Elham Seyedsayamdost wrote this blog for OEF based on her research that was discussed at OEF's scholar-practitioner series at the UN.

July 01, 2015

Aubrey Fox: Harmonizing Data to Define Peace

OEF and the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) co-hosted the Denver launch of the 9th annual Global Peace Index in June. IEP's Executive Director Aubrey Fox visited the OEF offices and talked with Lindsay Heger about the Global Peace Index, including the concept of peace inequality, negative ve...

June 01, 2015

Destabilizing Dark Networks: The Case of Illegal Trade in African Elephant Ivory

One of the unintended consequences of the increasingly globalized world is the growth of international wildlife crime. This has led to a global crisis on the African continent that we should no longer ignore.

Jon Bellish

June 01, 2015

Ruth DeFries: Peace and the Environment

Promoting peace and human security on our planet will require us to overcome a multitude of obstacles, maintaining environmental sustainability not least among them.

June 01, 2015

What Violence Prevention Can Learn from Public Health Campaigns

Leaders found that mixing outreach with education can create the critical mass of support needed to drive a social change.

Jon Belish

June 01, 2015

The Issue of Juvenile Piracy

This chapter was published as part of the book Prosecuting Maritime Piracy, editors Michael P. Scharf, Michael Newton, and Milena Sterio (Cambridge University Press). The book addresses distinctive issues that arise during the course of domestic maritime piracy prosecutions.

June 01, 2015