In the dusty local market in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, rows of currency traders set up stalls on the side of the road with money they value by weight.

BBC: Somaliland: Africa��s unofficial country

In woebegone Hargeisa, the dusty and crumbling capital of Somaliland, a young university student insisted on paying for our tea at a cafe, thanking us profusely for engaging with him in a discussion about religion, politics and America that was eye-opening for Levi and me.

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