Somalilandsun – Somaliland’s impressive track record should be acknowledged, encouraged and supported; it demonstrates that grassroots, bottom-up peacebuilding and state formation in sub-Saharan Africa can work. Most importantly, the people of Somaliland provide a good example that “where there is a will, there is a way.”
This was argued by Nima Elmi a Senior Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somaliland. She is the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader, class of 2016 in a beautifully articulated piece titled What Somaliland can teach the rest of Africa about peace and stability