More readings about Amoud Amoud University history and background can also be found on the article called "In a breakaway region of war-torn Somalia, a new university takes root" from Somaliland Space, an online journal, and another article entitled "Restoration of Peace and Hope: The Amoud Initiative – By. Abdirahman Adan Mohamoud" from Weedhsan also an online journal. Following the collapse of the Somali state and the civil strife which followed, most educational facilities were destroyed, damaged or simply abandoned as a result of insecurity. Education ceased to function at all levels causing school-going children and youth throughout Somalia to see their future suddenly blocked by circumstances beyond their control. The Foundation Stone Laid by C.R.V. BELL OVE in 1952 during the construction of the first buidling at Amoud University(then Amoud Secondary School) [April 2015]