Somalia: Online Course Inspires Former Envoy to Counter Environmental Degradation in Somalia

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An interview with Abshir H Abshir is Executive Director, Centre for the Rule of Law and Development. Based in Garowe, the capital of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, Abshir is also a former ambassador to Burundi and a former member of the country's national parliament. He recently attended a ten-week online Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace course organized by UN Environment, the Environmental Law Institute, the University of California - Irvine, Duke University and Columbia University. We spoke with Abshir to find out why the course is relevant to Puntland.

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