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. 7 Articles
Building water infrastructures for sustainable social development: An analysis from Somaliland Nasir M. Ali (Ph.D) & Ayan Yusuf Ali | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24613
Abstract
Over the years, the water agenda has been the center of discussions in Somaliland. These discussions have
related to water expansion and its accessibility to all parts and levels of local communities. Sound water
management and harvesting are critical to sustainable development and poverty reduction. Indeed, growth
will be short-lived if it does not preserve the environment and the naturalresources within it. In Somaliland,
much of the damage has been caused by deforestation, overgrazing, and water gullies, which have affected
the environment, water volume, and bottom line . . .
Women’s Use of Mass Media and Information Technology to Curb Pre- and Post-Natal Complications in Rural Cameroon Kingsley L. Ngange & Stephen N. Ndode | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24614
Abstract
Pre- and post-natal complications in Cameroon are a serious cause for concern. Neonatal mortality in
2023 was 54 deaths per 1000 live births. Common causes include prematurity, asphyxia, infection,
congenital malformations, and neonatal tetanus. Meanwhile, hemorrhage, hypertensive diseases and their
complications, sepsis/infection, and HIV/AIDS are leading causes of death among child-bearing mothers
in Cameroon. This study, conducted in ten rural communities in Cameroon, interrogates how Information
and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and conventional media can be used to fight against these
complications. A total of 1351 women who are pregnant or were pregnant . . .
