Somaliland: A report from the field

Country:

Somalia

Authors:

Tristan McConnell
Grantee

Narayan Mahon
Grantee

English

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, is Africa’s only fully unrecognized country. After...

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Media file: Somaliland_07_15_09_Mahon_Khat10_edit.jpg — A mental hospital patient is chained to the post in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Many male patients suffer from the effects of chewing too much khat. Image by Narayan Mahon. Somaliland, 2009.

On June 4th Narayan Mahon and Tristan McConnell arrived in Somaliland to begin reporting from this unrecognized breakaway region of Somalia. Tristan McConnel introduces the reporting project from the city of Hargeisa in the northwestern region of Somaliland.