Somaliland

For more than a week police and the military have been battling the protesters in Laascaanood, a town in Somaliland’s east which is disputed between Somaliland and neighbouring Puntland, one of Somalia’s semi-autonomous regions.

Under the deal, Somaliland would lease 20 kilometers (12 miles) of shoreline to Ethiopia in return for recognition, according to Somaliland officials.

As I mentioned before Somaliland has been a pioneer of Somali Nationalism participating & helping the struggle in Italian Somaliland was part of that; that is why we joined.

Some might ask what is the difference between Somalia & Somali Republic they are two different entities, the union of British Somaliland & Italian Somaliland forms The Somali republic after both achieving their independence, Somalia is different entity.

Because he neither criticized the aggression against the Somaliland territory nor requested the cessation of the hostility between the defender and the aggressor, Somaliland and Somalia respectively.

For Somalia the union between Somalia and Somaliland is sacred (Muqadas) according to its constitution whilst for Somaliland independence and withdrawal from the union is also a sacrosanct (according to its constitution).

For Somaliland, this was a turning point and indeed a provocation as no one representing Mogadishu government in an official capacity has ever set foot in this region for the last 27 years of Somaliland’s existence.

For that reason, no international funds/supplies make to the drought stricken Somaliland communities unless it’s directly donated to Somaliland.

He spews out venomous propaganda against Somaliland for three decades and now wants to choke the lifeline of the destitute communities in Somaliland that depend on aid.

In the context of Somaliland, there are no functional commercial banks as Somaliland is still in de facto state, and could not secure foreign currency to compensate imports of foreign goods, or open a letter of credit in a bank in their favor.

The Dubai-based port operator, the fourth largest in the world, agreed to invest $442 million in the Berbera port in Somaliland, controlling a 51 per cent stake in the project while the Somaliland government will control 30 per cent.

Though news gathering operations were banned in Somaliland, viewers in Somaliland could still access the satellite content of the two stations yesterday afternoon, according to Guleid.

To conclude, Somaliland does not need to have a dialogue with Somalia, unless Somalia agrees to Somaliland’s minimal preconditions.

By February, most of Italian Somaliland was captured and in March, British Somaliland was retaken from the sea.

In 1914, the British created the Somaliland Camel Corps to assist in maintaining order in British Somaliland.

Samatar, The state and rural transformation in Northern Somalia, p. 39 Somaliland Camel Corps main Somaliland Camel Corps between Berbera and Odweyne in 1913.

Fifteen (15) Participants from 10 countries across 3 African Regions, namely North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and Libya), West Africa (The Gambia, Ghana and Benin) and East Africa (Somaliland, Uganda, Mozambique and Malawi) gathered to attend the workshop.

Indeed, a lack of international investment is central to Somaliland's narrative as a standout example of self-governance that has succeeded against the odds.

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Saturday it would mediate between Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to facilitate reunification after a more than three-decade split.

The Berbera corridor that extends from Ethiopia through Somaliland to the Gulf of Aden--which the United Arab Emirates now considers part of its maritime security perimeter--is a paradigm of a contemporary city-trading state.