A Somaliland Local Government’s Review
Abstract
Somaliland is an unrecognized nation in the Horn of Africa, despite being recognized internationally as a de jure nation. Its neighbours are Djibouti to the northwest, Somalia to the east, and Ethiopia to the south and west. It is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Aden. Its declared area is 176,120 square kilometers or 68,000 square miles, and it will be home to over 6.2 million people by 2024. One way to conceptualize local governments is as an elevated degree of political and administrative division inside a country or state. In general, local administrations carry out their duties by using the authority granted to them by the Somaliland Regions and Districts Self-management Law: Since there are no elected governors in Somaliland, a unitary state, local governments normally occupy the second-highest standing in the administrative hierarchy. This paper aims to address the following subjects: women in Somaliland's local government; challenges faced by Somaliland's local government; strategies for strengthening Somaliland's local government; and the historical background of local government, which integrates global, regional, and local history. This article will provide the audience with a comprehensive overview of the challenges affecting Somaliland's municipal administrations. Lastly, this study will make recommendations.
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