African colonial borders, like Arab World, Asia and South American colonial borders, were all drawn by European colonialism and are based on land and not on tribe or clan lineage, and subclans of the same clan inhabit in different African countries due to colonial demarcations like Afar Tribe inhabiting in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djabouti, Tuareg Tribe inhabiting in Senegal, Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Fulani Tribe

 inhabiting in Mali, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, Lunda Tribe inhabiting in Congo, Zambia and Angola etc. That is why the Declaration of African Conference in 1964 of Reaffirming Colonial Borders was iissued to protect African colonial borders in order to prevent tribal wars seeking postcolonial reunifications that would plunge the whole continent of Africa into endless violence, anarchy, chaos and tribal bloody wars.

Existence, peace and stability of Africa depend on respecting, recognizing and implementing colonial borders and they are unalterable. Tribal armed factions tried before to change African colonial borders to unite their clan or tribe after independence but all ended in failure because no country accepts to divide its territory as colonial borders are internationally legitimate.

As Somaliland government cannot claim Isaaq, Dhulbahante and Samaroon tribes and their land in Ethiopia for tribal lineage reasons, no other country can claim the tribes inhabiting in Somaliland and their land for tribal lineage reasons or living within the colonial borders of Somaliland. Somaliland territory cannot be divided and its colonial borders inherited from Somaliland British Protectorate cannot be altered.

Ibrahim Hassan Gagale

January 28, 2023