In February 2020, Expanding Access to Justice (EAJ) lawyers met with Abdullahi Hassan Hadle and Dahabo Abdullahi Abikar, the parents of a mother and her daughter who were found dead at their home in an IDP camp in Lower Shabelle.

“...This is a good opportunity to clearly understand our priorities, and the need to fast track completion of the strategic plan to allow effective monitoring and evaluation of our service delivery.” –Abdirahman Sheikh, Director General, Ministry of Justice, Somaliland

“This communications master class is part of our capacity development component that seeks to increase the capacity and sustainability of access to justice actors....,” said Hamdi Ismail Abdulahi, the project director of EAJ.

Expanding Access to Justice (EAJ), a USAID-funded program, has successfully conducted a three-days workshop on outcome mapping, from July 16-18, in Hargeisa, Somaliland

On April 15, 2019, the USAID Expanding Access to Justice (EAJ) program in collaboration with the Somaliland Ministry of Justice (MOJ) successfully conducted the first Access to Justice Committee (A2JC) meeting in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

“In this manner, Development Groups will be contributing by expanding on work that is already underway. EAJ will be providing technical and secretariat support to each Development Group. Women will be given priority and leadership roles of the Development Groups,” said Hamdi Ismail Abdulahi, the Project Director of EAJ.

Today, February 27, 2019, a new expanding access to justice program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was launched, in a ceremony observed by the Somaliland Minister of Justice, H.E. Abdiqani Mahmoud Ateye.