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Jawahir Adam

Jawahir Adam works as an international consultant with United Nations agencies, mainly on humanitarian issues. She previously spent sixteen years as a staff member of the World Bank.

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Somaliland: a window to the future

A formal recognition of the self-declared independent state of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa would be just in principle and a boon to the region and the continent, says Jawahir Adam.