Dr Adan Yusuf Abokor was born in Hargeisa, Somaliland, and grew up in Aden, Yemen. He graduated from Warsaw Medical School, Poland, in 1976. He was the director of the Hargeisa Group Hospital in the early 80s and together with other young professionals was arrested and imprisoned by Siad Barre’s regime from 1981 to 1989. He was Country Representative for Progressio, a British NGO, from 1998 to…

The Sudan Handbook, based on the Rift Valley Institute's successful Sudan Field Course, is an authoritative and accessible introduction to Sudan, written and edited by outstanding Sudanese and South Sudanese scholars and recognized international experts. The Handbook covers Sudan, South Sudan and the North-South borderlands though a set of essays by leading specialists, including Abdelrahman…

Sheekada la yidhaa “Carrada Ayaan Dhunkannay” waa sheeko toos ah oo ku saabsan isku day wiil dhallinyar ah oo ka tahriibay Somaliland si uu u gaadho Yurub iyo dhibaatooyinka socdaalka uu ku maray Itoobiya, Suudaan iyo Libya oo ah socdaal ay isku dayeen da’yar badan oo Soomaali ahi.

In 2015, an estimated 154,000 migrants entered Europe via the Mediterranean from Libya—an increase of more than 1,000 per cent from 2012, while Somalis, most of them young men, were among the top five nationalities crossing the Mediterranean during the first six months of 2015. Although much has been written about the rise in migration to Europe and migrant deaths at sea, little is written…