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The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. The worldwide recognition of Somaliland cannot be ignored for even a second longer. Somalia is a failed state. The president ...

Some alternative names of potential hosts have been floated by Israelis, such as Somaliland, a self-declared breakaway republic in northwestern Somalia in the Horn of Africa, but they may appear ...

WASHINGTON (WDN)–Somaliland is ramping up its international campaign for recognition, with a major diplomatic offensive underway in the United States. Foreign Minister Abdirahman Dahir Adan, currently ...

Once a quiet outpost on the Gulf of Aden, Berbera in Somaliland is now at the heart of a high-stakes geopolitical tug-of-war, as regional and global powers jostle for position along one of the world’s ...

Oog, Sool (WDN) – In a dramatic and potentially destabilizing move, Somaliland’s military is reportedly preparing a coordinated three-front offensive in the Sool region, just days ahead of Somali ...

(Kris Hanning/University of Arizona) When Stephanie Russo Carroll, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, set out to earn her doctorate in tribal health 15 years ago, she focused her ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Shabaab militants fired mortars at Mogadishu’s international airport and the nearby Halane military base early on Sunday, wounding two civilians in residential areas, security ...

Somaliland leadership claimed surprise that Somali president offered US “exclusive control” over Berbera port and airbase, assets firmly under its control since 1991. The decision by Somalia President ...

While the modern region of Somalia was an amalgamation of the Italian colony of Somaliland and British colony of Somaliland this entity acquired independence in the 1960’s. Somalia then went from a ...

Cairo’s participation indicates deepening ties with Mogadishu, prompted by a year-long standoff with Ethiopia over a controversial maritime access deal with breakaway Somaliland. Apart from the troops ...

But not all of Somalia is the same. Somaliland, while unrecognized, is night and day different from the rest of Somalia. Somaliland is democratic — unlike Somalia, which appoints its leaders.