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The Government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which, as the briefly independent State of Somaliland, united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.
Jan 25, 2024 · January 25, 2024 12:52 pm (EST) Summary. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but no country has recognized its sovereignty in the decades since. Despite its lack of...
Somalia, c. 1902. Map of northeastern Africa, with British Somaliland (as British Somali Coast Protectorate) and part of Italian Somaliland shown in the lower right corner, as depicted in the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, published in 1902. (more) Italy had thus acquired a Somali colony.
May 18, 2016 · 18 May 2016. Celebrations in Hargeisa marking the anniversary of independence. By Mary Harper. Africa editor, BBC World Service News. Exactly 25 years ago, after a ferocious civil war, north-west...
Jan 24, 2024 · Colonization of the Horn. Somaliland’s modern borders result from the colonial powers of the region. Historically, Somaliland was a British colony, known as British Somaliland, whereas the bulk of Somalia itself was an Italian colony, known as Italian Somaliland.
Somaliland has a long history that goes back thousands of years. Around 12,000-year-old Neolithic paintings in Las Geel, near Hargeisa, the capital, show that Somaliland was home to the earliest civilizations in the world. Somaliland, as part of the Land of Punt was a major trading partner with ancient Egyptians as records during the reign of ...
Type of Government. Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia in 1991. Since that time, its transitional government has worked toward establishing a democracy, although the country is not officially recognized by the international community.
