A self-governing breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland is not recognized as an independent country by any foreign ...

It was last updated on 2 January 2024 A breakaway, semi-desert territory on the coast of ... 1888 - Britain establishes the protectorate of British Somaliland though treaties with the local ...

Opinion - For decades, the international community has held fast to the aspiration of a unified Somalia. Yet that ...

What legal and historical arguments does Somaliland use? The Somali National Movement is one of the main clan-based insurgent movements responsible for the collapse of the central government in ...

Somaliland’s history as a distinct region of Somalia dates back to the late nineteenth century. The territory was a British protectorate until 1960 when it unified with the rest of present-day ...

Somalia, which considers Somaliland part of its territory, rejected the deal allowing ... case to become Africa's 55th nation. The former British protectorate has its own coast guard - run by ...

The text is secret and the deal might yet fall through. But the memorandum of understanding signed by Ethiopia and Somaliland on January 1st has sent shock waves through the Horn of Africa.