Understanding the Three Paradoxical Trajectories: Democracy, Clan, and Islam in the State-Building Process of Somaliland

Mohamed A. Mohamoud has Bachelor Degree of Business Administration BBA, master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy, Postgraduate Diploma of Peace and Conflict Studies at University of Hargeisa and he is a Ph.D. candidate at the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE). Mohamed is the Executive Director of Somaliland Non-State Actors Forum (SONSAF) the largest civil society policy platform in Somaliland that coordinates all non- state actors. He has 18 years of working experiences in the civil society sector, institutional development, governance, peace- building, state-building, conflict resolution, policy dialogue, electoral development, election observation, democratization, gender, human rights, and fragile and post- conflict states. Mohamed has long term experiences working with bilateral and multilateral institutions.