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.
Vol. 5 Articles
Applications of International Rights Laws and Migrants: Understanding Challenges and Problems Hana Daud | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24608
Abstract
Migration is a concept crucial to our understanding in the dawn of deepening globalization and
the advance of science and technology. However, this is not a new phenomenon. It is as old as
human history. Though migration has both negative and positive implications on human beings,
it has emerged in the last few years as a critical political and policy challenge in matters such as
integration, displacement, safe migration, and border management. This concept is one of the
most debatable facets in international forums, however...
Conflict-induced Refugee Crisis and its Consequences on Access to Primary Education: An Analysis of the case of Central African Republic (CAR) Refugee Children Living in the East Region of Cameroon William Hermann Arrey (Ph.D) | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24609
Abstract
Cameroon currently hosts around half a million refugees from conflict affected neighbouring countries
such as Nigeria and the Central African Republic (CAR). This article focuses on the rights to basic
education in terms of access and enrolment for CAR refugee school-aged children who reside in the East
Region of Cameroon. Based on a qualitative research approach and a combination of secondary and
primary data, powered by a theoretical framework of analysis that is informed by the Rational Choice
Theory of human behaviour; International Relations Theory of forced migration and refugees and the
Global Public Policy Theory of international problems...
From Celebration of Independence to Disintegration: The Somaliland Experience in the Post-Failed Union with Somalia Mohamed Ahmed Barawani (Ph.D) | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24610
Abstract
The state-making of Somaliland has been borne out of the experiences gained from the aborted
union between the British Protectorate of Somaliland and Italian Somalia. The driving aim
behind the proclamation of statehood was to reinstate Somaliland’s sovereignty and
independence that was lost in 1960. Somalilanders were galvanized by the euphoria of Somali
nationalism in the pursuit of the greater Somali Republic in the Horn of Africa that all five
Somali territories unite into one nation-state...
The Challenges and Opportunities of Good Governance in Somaliland Muse Abdilahi Muhumed | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24611
Abstract
The concept of good governance has attracted public attention for the past decades and is
regarded as a significant pillar in any state to meet universally accepted standards. It is essential
for effective, stable, and accountable governments. It provides its citizens at all levels to
acknowledge the best alternatives for promoting good governance, while poor governments
instigate corruption and bad management in all public institutions....
