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 ...

Somaliland, a former British protectorate, declared independence from Somalia in 1991 following the collapse of the central government. It maintains its own government, security forces and ...

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 ...

History Somaliland was a British protectorate until it unified with present-day Somalia in 1960, which had ties with Italy. Dictator Siad Barre gained power in 1969 and later faced opposition from ...

Somaliland is a state visible only from within ... after five short days of independence in 1960, the former British protectorate in the north united with the former Italian colony to the south ...

Though not internationally recognised, Somaliland has a working political system, government institutions, a police force and its own currency. The former British protectorate has also escaped ...

The eastern boundary of the British Somaliland Protectorate now follows the meridian of 49° E.from a point near Bender Ziada, on the ethiopia to the South, and Somalia to the East. Somaliland has ...

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 ...

In the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, European countries cast aside Oslo Accords-era commitments to demand Palestinians cease terrorism as a precondition to independence.