On Israel’s recognition of Somaliland’s independence. By Özgür Altınbaş On December 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he “recognizes Somaliland,” the separatist administration in Somalia, as an independent state. Netanyahu signed the recognition during a video call with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi. Many organizations and countries, including the African Union (55 countries), reacted to the decision. Retired ...
Taiwan and Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, will establish diplomatic missions in each other’s “capitals”. This was recently reported by the news agency Reuters, citing a statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan Joseph Wu. According to the agency’s journalists, the cooperation agreement between Taiwan and Somaliland, located in the strategically important region of the Horn of ...