Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained widespread international recognition for its status, and has faced opposition from some clan elders in disputed areas along ...

Across the globe, territorial disputes range from local skirmishes to major standoffs marked by dashed lines on maps and deep-rooted claims of sovereignty. Perhaps the most visible and widely ...

Puntland, a semiautonomous state of Somalia that lies due east, disputes some of Somaliland’s territorial claims. Somaliland broke ties with Somalia’s government in Mogadishu after declaring ...

Plenty of countries on the map have been around for thousands ... and both Britain and Italy agreed to grant independence to their Somali territories. This land is your Somaliland, this land ...

Somalia has announced the expulsion of Ethiopia’s ambassador from the country amid rising tensions over a port deal dispute ... Somalia claims Somaliland as its own territory, even though ...

SOMALILAND, a slim slice of Somali-inhabited territory on the southern shore of ... there have been only two significant alterations to the colonial map since the 1960s: the division of Eritrea ...