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Somalia-Somaliland: A Halting Embrace of Dialogue
Ethiopia, the U.S. and the EU have brokered surprise talks between the Somalia and Somaliland administrations, which are historically opposed, though...
The parties should cooperate on technical issues, pending a shot at deeper dialogue.
- ICG
Somalia and Somaliland, which have been locked in a decades-long standoff over Somaliland’s 1991 claim of independence and Mogadishu’s rejection of it, are talking again.
Previous efforts at dialogue have repeatedly failed, with both sides fundamentally at odds over Somaliland’s claim to sovereignty.
This impasse, in…