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Mar 22, 2022 · Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi spent the past week in Washington making the case that the U.S. should become the first country to recognize his self-declared state’s independence — and he's leaving with some positive signals to show for it. Why it matters: Somaliland has governed itself for three decades but is recognized ...
Apr 9, 2023 · Somaliland’s quest for independence from the Republic of Somalia was immediate. As early as 1961, just one year after Somalia’s independence, a group of Somaliland separatists orchestrated a coup attempt against the new government. As a result, southern Somalia received most of the political and economic assistance, isolating the people of ...
May 17, 2019 · Somaliland Celebrates Independence Despite Lack of International Recognition. May 17, 2019 3:12 PM. By Sarah Kimani. FILE - Women march in a procession to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ...
Jan 13, 2022 · The justification is Simple. The Somaliland we have and want recognition for, is the same Somaliland that received independence from Britain on 26th of June 1960. It’s the same Somaliland that has been recognized by 34 countries including permenant members of the security council.
May 1, 2008 · However, universal recognition did not immediately follow from this legal reasoning; while over 80 countries have formally recognized the independence of Western Sahara (as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) at some point, many have since frozen relations pending an UN-supervised referendum, or canceled relations altogether under pressure ...
Mar 21, 2022 · March 21, 2022, 4:14 PM. Top leaders from Somaliland, a semi-autonomous region in Somalia, visited Washington last week to lobby the United States to recognize the territory’s independence ...
Jan 14, 2023 · Any discussion of Somaliland’s case for independence inevitably turns at some point to the five days between the 26th of June and the 1st of July 1960 when Somaliland w as indeed a sovereign ...
