Essays about: "Somalia"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 103 essays containing the word Somalia.

  1. 36. Can Smartphones be used as an information delivery tool in post-conflict context? : exploring possibilities of using smartphones to deliver agricultural advisory services in Afgooye district -Somalia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Abdikadir Jimale; [2020]
    Keywords : agricultural advisory service; farmers; information and communication technology; post-conflict; security; smartphone; vegetables; Somalia;

    Abstract : In areas where reaching out to rural farmers is difficult, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as mobile smartphones may offer an opportunity to share timely information on weather, markets, farm inputs, and research results to the farmers. Access to this type of information could potentially enhance farmers' farm productivity and their ability to make crucial decisions related to farm management in the face of climate variability. READ MORE

  3. 37. Automatic Speech Recognition System for Somali in the interest of reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality.

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Mikrodataanalys

    Author : Joycelyn Laryea; Nipunika Jayasundara; [2020]
    Keywords : Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Rate MMMR ; Automatic Speech Recognition ASR ; DeepSpeech; Natural Language Processing NLP ; Word Error Rate WER ; Character Error Rate CER ;

    Abstract : Developing an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) system for the Somali language, though not novel, is not actively explored; hence there has been no success in a model for conversational speech. Neither are related works accessible as open-source. READ MORE

  4. 38. Somalia the Orient? : A Discourse Analysis of European Construction of Somali Identity

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Milena Düstersiek; [2020]
    Keywords : Orientalism; Discourse Analysis; Identity; European Union; Somalia;

    Abstract : This thesis focus on European construction of Somali identity. Using a discourse analysis in combination with Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism, this study examines the three main European Council Documents that set the foundation for the EU’s military and political intervention in the Horn of Africa in general, and Somalia specifically. READ MORE

  5. 39. THE POSSIBILITY OF AN AL-SHABAAB : FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA NEGOTIATION AS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO PEACE RESOLUTION IN SOMALIA

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Farhan Jimale; [2020]
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    Abstract :                                                                          Abstract  For nearly thirty years now, Somalia has been in the heat of political and religious crisis that have made the state nearly dysfunctional because of power struggles between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Al-Shabaab militant group. While various peace –inclined strategies have been sought to free up the Somali people, including negotiations and the use of military, neither has proved to be useful in resolving the crisis. READ MORE

  6. 40. AU-Led Peace Operations : The Case of the AMISOM KDF’s Local Peacebuilding Engagement in Southern Somalia, Jubbaland Region

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Thillberg Emil; Martinsson Philip; [2020]
    Keywords : AU-led Peace Operations; Peacekeeping; Counterinsurgency; Peacebuilding; System-thinking; AMISOM; KDF; Somalia; Jubbaland;

    Abstract : Contemporary peace operations are deployed to increasingly complex, high-risk environments where localised armed groups, often those that can influence the trajectory of the conflict are not at the table, at the same time militaries are mandated to facilitate social, economic and political transformative processes in recovered areas. By the opening of the twenty-first century, the distinction between peacebuilding and military interventions converged both in policy and practice and increasing pressure are placed on the troop-contributing countries to adapt to the dynamics of ‘multidimensional peace operations. READ MORE