What is the status of Somaliland? Somaliland, a former British protectorate, declared itself independent from Somalia in 1991 and has all the trappings of a country, including a working political ...

In 1991, Somalia, a former British protectorate, claimed independence ... But Turkey’s game is to shore up its power in Somalia, not Somaliland, and its strategy is a broader one: to pre-insert ...

The opposition leader of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, has won the territory’s presidential election. More popularly known as Irro, he won with 64% of the ...

Somalilandsun: The people of Somalia need to understand that Somaliland’s borders are as legitimate as the borders of any African country because they were all European-drawn borders.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, European powers divided the Horn of Africa into five distinct areas. The northern part of it was under the administration of Britain, forming a ...

Liverpool’s Lord Mayor Richard Kemp announced: “Liverpool council unanimously agreed a motion calling upon HMG to recognise the former British Protectorate of Somaliland as an independent ...

Somaliland is a former British protectorate that joined the rest of Somalia on 1 July 1960. In a conflict leading up to the overthrow of President Siad Barre in 1991, tens of thousands of people ...