Vol 4: October 2020
Published October-2020
The Somaliland Peace and Development Journal (SPDJ) is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Hargeisa. The journal’s core mission is to enhance understanding of peace, conflict management, and development through research and publication. In its holistic multidisciplinary approach to research, the journal aims to increase the capacity of people to analyze and better understand the fundamental causes of social, economic, political, and environmental challenges through the facilitation of healthy and intellectual discussion. Towards this goal, the journal foster the dialogue between academics, practitioners, and policymakers inside and outside of Somaliland on several issues related to peace, security, and development. Furthermore, the journal serves as a vehicle for broader dissemination of research findings to inform policymaking. Towards this holistic objective, the journal focuses on the following thematic areas: conflict and development, political violence, violent extremism, governance and democracy in post-conflict settings, peace, conflict, and education, migration and climate change, and security.
Articles
Effects of Berbera Corridor on Trade and Security in the Horn of Africa: the Case of Somaliland
and Ethiopia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24603
Ayan Rashid Ibrahim
Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia and Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24604
Jemal Muhamed Adem
Language Policy and Students’ Protests: The Case of Southern Sudan, 1960–2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24605
Yosa Wawa & Daniel Thabo Nyibong
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and its Relevance to Sustainable Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24606
Naureen Rahim
Winning the US Presidential Nominations: The 2016 Presidential Primaries and Its Implication
on Democracy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24607
Calvince O. Barack