Taiwan/China ( 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇮🇳 ) Somaliland is one of the few African countries that established relations with Taiwan. This can make Somaliland subject to the US TAIPEI Act of 2019 which allows US to protect Taiwan allies. On China's influence on Africa, Somaliland held its ground against China's tactics to cut ties with Taiwan. Horn of Africa ( 🇺🇸 ) According to Freedom House, Somaliland…
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Where can I see Far Wadaad? This video by Aziz Farah will show you an 90 years letter from a man called Saleh Dirir in Berbera to his wife Haboon Wacays in Burco. Where can I try Far Wadaad? Head to this page where you can convert from Somali Latin to far wadaad How do these Scripts compare Below you can see the difference between current Somali (Latin) script, Galaal script and Aw Barkhadle…
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However, Egal's system started to erode when our tribal society found a loophole. In Local elections, each family or subclan tries to play the system to maximize its representation. In Parlement elections, the same strategy is followed but on a higher hierarchy. Finally in presidential elections, since there are only three candidate seats, elders from the Zayla to Laas Qoray started to form…
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Contrary to what I thought, we have 4 climates in Somaliland: Hot desert climates (BWh) Cold semi-arid climates (BSk) Subtropical highland oceanic climate (Cwb) Hot semi-arid climates (BSh) This is called Köppen climate classification. It is an awesome system that helps you think more clearly about the weather conditions anywhere in the world. It lets you say for example Melbourne has about the…
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Currently the Gadabousi, Habar Younis feel that president Muse Biihi gave all the power to other tribes, namely Habar Jeclo and Habar Awal. To check if this is true, first, we need to agree that a fair share would be a one that gives each tribe a number of ministers proportional to their population. Luckily, we have a survey made by the British protectorate in 1951. Using the same ratio, we can…
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