Somaliland: The Case For De-Jure Recognition
Somaliland become an independent country on 26th June, 1960 with defined borders and was recognized by more than 34
countries including all the then
super powers.
Somaliland is demanding to reinstate its original borders from June 26th, 1960. Nothing more nothing less.
The
union to form the defunct Somali Republic failed and Somaliland has
withdrawn, just like Senegal and Gambia, just like Egypt and Syria did
from the United Arab Republic, just like Czech and Slovakia.
Somaliland’s
case is not one of "secessionist”, like Biafra in Nigeria or Katanga in
the Congo Democratic Republic, Casamance in Senegal, nor Cabinda in
Angola.
It was
exactly like the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar which formed the
still existing Tanzania. With two exceptions, the union to form the
defunct "Somali Republic” was never ratified and it’s constitution was
overwhelmingly rejected in Somaliland.
This
sovereign independent nation, Somaliland, formed a union with another
independent nation, Somalia, with the hope of uniting all the five
Somali regions in the Horn of Africa; Djibouti, Hawd & Ogaden and
the Northern Frontier District.
That
vision was not realized and subsequently the union become unbalanced,
unjust and eventually led to a civil war which ended in 1991.
Somaliland has since then been a de-facto state awaiting de-jure recognition. That in a nutshell, is the Somaliland case.
Ahmed Kheyre
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