SOMALILAND UNIVERSITY STARTS RECEIVING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
August 1st, 2013
British universities have been partnering with the University of Hargeisa (UoH), of breakaway state Somaliland, to boost the institution’s international credibility.Although international recognition has yet to be conferred on Somaliland since it separated from Somalia in 1991, its largest university with 6,500 students, located in the capital city of Hargeisa, been seeking foreign partners to supply a higher educational system to Somaliland students.In early 2013, Hargeisa university signed an agreement with Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University, where the ...
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