Author: Casey Kuhlman

For a while now I have been hoping to start an annotated readings series, I hope you enjoy this small departure. The first presentation is a Meeting Report from a Chatham House meeting last sumemr of various Somali diaspora and policy makers to discuss the follow-on actions when the TFG’s mandate expires in August of 2012. The report is a VERY good report and we have the highest regard for the work Chatham House is doing on Somalia. Please let us know if you like or dislike this annotated readings and if you have any ideas for improving that would be helpful. 

Beginning to give our thoughts on how the Somali piracy could be address, this entry begins the discussion. Please click through and add your voice to the discussion.

In this entry, we develop a relatiively straight-forward framework for thinking about the power of a particular governing entity. By working through our four question framework it will prove much easier to determine the power of a given entity.

The business fair took place earlier this week and was a gigantic success. Our deepest respect and admiration for the organizers of this event. Watershed participated in the event as the only law firm in Somaliland to do so. We had a booth and numerous informational brochures click through to see more.

Tonight Watershed Vice President for Somaliland, Hassan Farah Mohamed, was the first lawyer who had the courage to speak on Somaliland national television regarding the legal issues which underscore the recently proposed amendments to the Political Parties Act. I have not yet had a chance to find out from him the substance of his talk, but here are my thoughts regarding the amendments.

As we creep closer to 2015 some of the high-level thinkers on development policy have begun contemplating what should happen. Most of the Millennium Development Goals, while equally valid post 2015, will not have been met. So what should happen? Should the compact which the world came together and made with the very laudable 8 goals reflected in the MGDs simply be renewed and the target date be reset to a new time frame? I’m not sure that would be wise, and I’m not alone. Read more for what one of my favorite thinkers is saying.

One of the most essential skills for young lawyers to learn is how to deal with conflicts within a single piece of legislation. Read more to see some of the ways of identifying one of the most prevalent conflicts lawyers throughout the world have to deal with, the “as-applied conflict”.

The Somaliland Ministry of Planning and Development has released the 2011 National Development Plan and Somaliland Vision 2030 reports. Let us know what you think!

Her name is Baloolley, but you can also call her she-camel.