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Explain to me... Somaliland, the State that Doesn't Exist

Summary by IRIS
Officially a constituent region of Somalia, Somaliland has been struggling, since the proclamation of its independence, to obtain international recognition. Its stability, however, allows it to present itself as an exception in the Horn of Africa, an element that it puts forward to prove its ability to function as a true State. Its geographical position, on the shores of the Gulf of Aden, facing Yemen, at the level of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, m…
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Officially a constituent region of Somalia, Somaliland has been struggling, since the proclamation of its independence, to obtain international recognition. Its stability, however, allows it to present itself as an exception in the Horn of Africa, an element that it puts forward to prove its ability to function as a true State. Its geographical position, on the shores of the Gulf of Aden, facing Yemen, at the level of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, m…

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IRIS broke the news in on Friday, October 3, 2025.
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