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[A]n important form of art in Somaliland is henna painting (Mehndi) (Somali: Xenna). The Henna plant is widely grown across the region and it was Arab merchants and settlers that first brought the art of henna painting in early Somaliland. During special occasions, a Somali women's hands and feet are expected to be covered in decorative mendhi. Girls and women usually apply or decorate their hands and feet in henna on joyous celebrations like Eid, weddings etc. The henna designs can be very simple to highly intricate. Unlike Pakistani, Indian or Bangladeshi henna designs, the Somali and Arab designs are more modern and simple compared with the latter.
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The reason why Somaliland invaded Lascanod, was to show the international community that it is in full control of SSC regions. Somaliland may have captured Lascanod but it has dismally failed to gain a far more important and decisive goal for its recognition: the support of the people of SSC which is sine qua non for its elusive recognition. And without this support, the capture of Lascanod by itself will count for little and the presence of Somaliland’s militia will simply be seen for the time they are there as another unwelcome occupying force not different from others elsewhere in the world. So too will the resistance of the SSC people be viewed as their inalienable rightful to confront the occupation.
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In September and October 2002, UNICEF and Handicap International (HI) conducted a “Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices” (KAP) survey in three regions of Somaliland: Awdal, Galbeed and Toghdheer. The budget for the KAP survey was US$13,088.[24] The survey covered 634 households, collecting information on the knowledge of the public concerning landmine risk, their attitudes towards the problems posed by landmines and their practices when confronted with landmine threats. The survey found that 29 percent of the population was not able to identify the potential risk.[25] UNICEF noted, “An overwhelming percentage of people expressed the desire to receive information on landmines/UXO, in particular on how communities live safely in their mine-contaminated area and how, and to whom, landmines/UXO should be reported.”[26]
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Following is a part of a larger study (to be published soon) which discusses local and global challenges facing the separatist region of “Somaliland” in its search for recognition. These abridged excerpts are intended to put into perspective the recent re-occupation of Las Anod by troops loyal to the administration in “Somaliland”. There are generally three types of separatist cases some of which easily win legitimacy and recognition while others fail to do so. The most salient case is the question of colonial countries (native peoples) where indigenous people seek their full freedom from a colonizing power. A second related case is the case of native peoples (such as Palestinians and former Namibia) where displacement and long term dislocations have resulted in conditions akin to colonial conditions. Both of these cases are understood and defined as colonies or peoples under occupation within the framework of Resolutions (1541) (XV) and (2649) (XXV) as promulgated by the United Nations General Assembly. Since 1955, close to 100 separatist movements came and disappeared without achieving their main objective.
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For Election Day, IRI sent a seven-member election assessment team to observe voting in four of Somaliland's six electoral regions. The team managed to visit roughly 10 percent of all polling stations in Somaliland, and issued a comprehensive report on the conduct of the elections.
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