HARGEISA

Hargeysa, or Harghessaall: härgāˈsä, town (1984 est. pop. 70,000), N Somalia. It is a commercial center and watering place for nomadic stock herders. The town is a transportation hub and has an international airport. The town was taken in 1870 by Egyptian forces, who withdrew in 1884 to fight the Mahdi in Sudan. The British later took control and, in 1941, made Hargeisa the capital of British Somaliland. The city is the capital of the rebels who declared northern Somalia independent as the "Somaliland Republic."

____________________

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

-21040-

Top...
Search the Library
Books
Journals
Magazines
Newspapers
Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
About Questia
Questia is the world's largest online academic library offering full-text books, journals, and articles on thousands of topics.

Join Now...
Questia Books and Articles on: Hargeisa
We found: 137 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

63  

 

Journal articles:

 

13  

 

Magazine articles:

 

29  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

28  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

4  
 

books on: Hargeisa  - 63 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Status and (Human Rights) Obligations of Non-Recognized de Facto Regimes in International Law: The Case of 'Somaliland' : The Resurrection of Somaliland against All International 'Odds' : State Collapse, Secession, Non-Recognition, and Human Rights
Book by Michael Schoiswohl; Martinus Nijhoff, 2004
Subjects: De Facto Doctrine, Human Rights, Recognition (International Law), Somalia--International Status
...trol over the strategically important Hargeisa airport, which was held by lidagale...collection,47 fighting again broke out in Hargeisa on the i5`h h November 1994 and culminated...due to a struggle for control of the Hargeisa airport and its revenues - the Hargeisa...
2.
Quest for the Jade Sea: Colonial Competition around an East African Lake
Book by Pascal James Imperato; Westview Press, 1998
Subjects: Ethiopia--Foreign relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Foreign relations--Ethiopia, Rudolf, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)--Discovery and exploration--European, Rudolf, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)--Politics and government
...late afternoon and headed southwest for Hargeisa, 95 miles away. The country there is...wildlife. After spending four days at Hargeisa, Smith moved across the Haud, marching...miles per day. Two days before leaving Hargeisa, Smith wrote to John Coles, the map...
3.
Clearing the Fields: Solutions to the Global Land Mines Crisis
Book by Kevin M. Cahill; Basic Books, 1995
Subjects: Human Rights, Mines (Military Explosives) (International Law)
...awareness and registration campaign in Hargeisa for the amputee center, we hired a van...to visit their areas, but traveled to Hargeisa for treatment. The centers first patient...the numbers achieved in Nicaragua, the Hargeisa center averaged 100 patients a month...
4.
New Perspectives on Margaret Laurence: Poetic Narrative, Multiculturalism, and Feminism
Book by Greta M. Coger; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Canada--In Literature, Feminism And Literature--Canada--History--20th Century, Laurence, Margaret--Criticism And Interpretation, Narration (Rhetoric), Pluralism (Social Sciences) In Literature, Poetics, Poetry, Women And Literature--Canada--History--20th Century
Chapter 10 Margaret Laurence of Hargeisa: A Discussion of A Tree for Poverty Fiona Sparrow...published in 1954, as "Margaret Laurence, of Hargeisa" British 303 . In 1954 Hargeisa was the capital of the British Protectorate of Somaliland...
5.
Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Study of Successes
Book by David S. Fick; Quorum Books, 2002
...cities of many countries. The city of Hargeisa is jam-packed with the newest car models...neighboring capitals in the Horn of Africa. Hargeisa may even be the only city of the Horn...most striking scenes for a visitor to Hargeisa population around 300,000 is the orderly...
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Hargeisa  - 13 results

       More journal Results: 1-10 11-13 >>  
 
1.
The Invisible Country
Journal article by Tristan McConnell; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 86, 2010
Subjects: Government, Social life & customs, Somaliland, Sovereignty
...are still raw. "I was a member of the Hargeisa Group," he began. The now-famous...opposition seditious and ordered the Hargeisa Group leaders rounded up. Their incarceration...ahead. "We were kept in the prison in Hargeisa for eight months. Then, late one night...
2.
Living without a Government in Somalia: An Interview with Mark Bradbury: Development Processes in Somalia Exist Not as a Result of Official Development Assistance, but in Spite of It
Journal article by Stacy Feldman, Brian Slattery; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 57, 2003
Subjects: Bradbury, Mark--Political activity, Economic development--Planning, Somalia--Economic aspects, Somalia--Military aspects, Somalia--Political aspects, Somalis--Economic aspects, Somalis--Social aspects
...policy is encouraging this to change. In Hargeisa in Somaliland, the city electricity...economy. In Somaliland, for example, Hargeisa and Berbera airports have been renamed...northern urban centers like Bosasso and Hargeisa is indicative of this. The impressive...
3.
State Integration and Human Rights in Africa
Journal article by Julia Maxted, Abebe Zegeye; International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Vol. 38, 1997
Subjects: Africa--Civil rights, Human rights--Analysis, National state--Africa, Nationalism--Analysis
...liberate their clan territory" the Hargeisa, Berbera and Burao Triangle. The result...artillery fire, seventy per cent of Hargeisa was destroyed. Tens of thousands of...UNHCR withdrew totally at one stage. Hargeisa and four other towns as well as numerous...
4.
Homegrown Jihad
Journal article by Nicholas Schmidle; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 86, 2010
Subjects: African Americans, Children & youth, Foreign policy, Minneapolis Minnesota, National security, Suicide bombings, United States
...his target. Meanwhile, 350 miles to the west in the city of Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, three...five died in the wreckage from the three suicide attacks in Hargeisa. The impact of the bombings reverberated back in Minneapolis...
5.
Unheard Voices: Environmental Equity
Journal article by Rosemarie Russo; Electronic Green Journal, Vol. 1, 2003
...chemical pesticide containers have reportedly leaked into a nearby dry riverbed that is used for the meager water supply of Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland (Adam, 1995). But before we look abroad, let us examine who benefits and who suffers from corporate...
More journal Results: 1-10 11-13 >>

Top...
 

magazine articles on: Hargeisa  - 29 results

       More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-29 >>  
 
1.
Welcome to Somaliland: Just Back from Somaliland, Alex McBride Sings the Praises of an Unrecognised Country, Somewhere in the Horn of Africa, Which Is Doing Everything to Survive
Magazine article by Alex Mcbride; New African, August 2006
Subjects: Diasporas--Forecasts and trends, Economic conditions--Forecasts and trends, Somalia--History, Somalia--International relations, Somalia--Political aspects
...constitution and established democracy. Hargeisa, the capital, is safe but Somaliland...by South African mercenaries, bombing Hargeisa from the citys own airport. The governor...not much to declare independence over. Hargeisa was almost completely destroyed. The...
2.
Somalia's Forgotten Graves
Magazine article by Tara Lee; Journal of International Peace Operations, Vol. 5, January 2010
...happened in the northern Somali city of Hargeisa in 1988. For a lot of Americans, awareness...1988, when the civilian population of Hargeisa was decimated by a month of indiscriminate...same month, hundreds of civilians in Hargeisa were rounded up and shot, their bodies...
3.
Limbo World: They Start by Acting like Real Countries, Then Hope to Become Them
Magazine article by Graeme Wood; Foreign Policy, January 2010
Subjects: Enclaves and exclaves--Personal narratives, National self determination--Personal narratives, Self-determination, National--Personal narratives, Separatism--Personal narratives, State (Political science)--Personal narratives
...thousands in bombings of its main city, Hargeisa, and the countryside. When Siad Barre...complex land journey between Addis and Hargeisa. "They grow the best khat here...a sign of government. At the edge of Hargeisa, a hilly town whose lights were the...
4.
Somalia's Phileas Fogg President: As Somalia's Interim Government in Nairobi, Kenya Announces the Composition of Its Cabinet, Our Guest Commentator Takes a Wry Look at the Activities of the President-Elect, Abdullahi
Magazine article by Ahmed Mohamed; African Business, January 2005
Subjects: Kenya--Political aspects, Presidential elections--Evaluation, Presidents (Government)--Evaluation, Presidents (Government)--Political activity, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--Evaluation, Presidents--Political activity, Yusuf, Abdullahi--Evaluation, Yusuf, Abdullahi--Political activity
...please and beg live in Mogadishu, Hargeisa and Baidoa, not in unwelcoming foreign...former Rhodesian mercenaries destroy Hargeisa, Somalilands capital. 1991 Siyad Barres...America. The Somaliland government in Hargeisa refused to participate in the Nairobi...
5.
Somalia's Last Foreign Minister Warns Somaliland on Secession
Magazine article by Greg Noakes; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XII, May 31, 1994
Subjects: Adan, Ahmed Mohammed, Egal, Mohammed Ibrahim, Foreign policy, Government, International relations, Politics, Somalia
...including the airport at the capital of Hargeisa and the main seaport of Berbera. Outside...An act of union was negotiated by the Hargeisa and Mogadishu governments, ratified...government forces, capturing parts of Hargeisa and the inland city of Burao. SNM leaders...
More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-29 >>

Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Hargeisa  - 28 results

       More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-28 >>  
 
1.
Having Two Countries Is the Best; Somalis Are the Biggest Ethnic Minority Group in Wales with around 8,000 Living in Cardiff Alone. So for Those Who've Settled Here, How Does It Feel to Belong to Two Countries? ABBIE WIGHTWICK Asked Two Friends Their Thoughts as They Prepare to Celebrate Somaliland Independence Day Today
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), May 18, 2009
...She recalls her escape from the city of Hargeisa as an easy plane ride which didnt frighten...But she admits that when she returns to Hargeisa, she and other Somali Welsh are not...be heard in the streets and houses of Hargeisa throughout the summer. "Theres a good...
2.
The Former British Colony That Shows Africa Doesn't Need Our Millions to Flourish; (Where They Still Serve Their Bananas in Lumpy Custard); We Share Your Values and Your Enemies
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), July 24, 2011
...Enemies. Byline: From Ian Birrell IN HARGEISA, SOMALILAND The Summer Time restaurant...from Somalias civil war. The capital Hargeisa, which I visited last week, was in...without airconditioning, I met up in Hargeisa with Khadar Ali Gaas. He had spent three...
3.
Engine Gets a New Life Fighting Fires in Africa; Emergency Service Responds to Plea for Help by Gifting Old Appliance
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), June 24, 2010
...Station to newly-trained fire crews in Hargeisa in Somaliland - a region bidding for...Integration Society in Cardiff and the mayor of Hargeisa. Ibrahim Harbi, leading the project...the number of related fire incidents in Hargeisa, and unfortunately many lives, properties...
4.
Home Truths; Abbie Wightwick Meets the Freedom Fighter Forced to Leave Somalia Who Has Made a New Welsh Life for Himself
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 24, 2008
...to me. A country that was destroyed; Hargeisa, a city that was 90% destroyed, had...and helped set up the secret opposition Hargeisa Group. When the Somalia Liberation Movement...his wife Sahra, he based himself in Hargeisa and travelled around the country searching...
5.
Dad's Incredible Trek Shortlisted for Literary Prize; AUTHOR INSPIRED BY FATHER'S JOURNEY FROM AFRICA
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 26, 2010
Subjects: Literary prizes, Thomas, Dylan, University of Wales
...Mohamed grew up in Somalias second city Hargeisa listening to her fathers tales of his...home to Somalia and Nadifa was born in Hargeisa in 1981 while Somalia was falling deeper...politics and she finally returned to Hargeisa, now in the new Republic of Somaliland...
More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-28 >>

Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Hargeisa  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Hargeisa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARGEISA Hargeysa, or Harghessa all: harga sa, town (1984 est. pop. 70,000...the Mahdi in Sudan. The British later took control and, in 1941, made Hargeisa the capital of British Somaliland. The city is the capital of the rebels...
2.
Harghessa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARGHESSA see Hargeisa , Somalia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
3.
Somalia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...highlands. The Jubba and the Webe Shebele are the only important rivers. In addition to Mogadishu, other important cities are Hargeisa , Berbera (the main northern port), and Kismayo (the principal port of the south). The vast majority of the republics...
4.
Hargeysa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARGEYSA see Hargeisa , Somalia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


Top...
 About Questia   ::   Privacy   ::   Contact