The lack of willingness of countries to recognize Somaliland is solely due to the legacy of colonialism and how colonial decisions transformed into international law.

Recognizing Somaliland is more than a moral imperative for the United States. It is also a strategic opportunity. In a region characterized by chaos, the Republic of Somaliland—an unrecognized ...

Voting has begun in Somaliland’s presidential election, where the stakes are high and tensions across the country are at fever pitch. Under Muse Bihi Abdi, the incumbent president, who came to power ...

Suddenly, everything is about a tiny, unrecognized state that few will ever have heard of: Somaliland. The fate of this piece of geopolitical real estate is now tied up with everything from Israel’s ...

The United States Should Recognize Somaliland and Cut off Assistance to Mogadishu to Deny Al Shabaab the Ability to Profit off Somalia’s Corruption For more than three decades, Somaliland has ...

The political landscape of the Horn of Africa is one of the world's most complex and contentious. Its epicenter is the longstanding conflict between Somalia and Somaliland with roots in history, ...

Somaliland is due to hold a presidential election on 13 November 2024, and the results will be important for two main reasons. What will the leadership outcome mean for Somaliland’s democratic ...

National day in Somaliland means joy, pomp and machines of war. On May 18th the president and assembled dignitaries watched, from the grandstand, the annual parade in the capital, Hargeisa, as ...

Brazilian travel writer Guilherme Canever has been to 16 places that have not gained recognition by the UN, and thus don't "officially" exist.