@JNS_org CORRECTION:
The failure to complete the agreed bilateral Act of Union left the purported union without the legal foundation required to extinguish Somaliland’s sovereignty. The AU Fact Finding Mission subsequently confirmed that the union was never ratified.
@H_Haji_M@JSLl960 Treating the Somali Republic as an already existing state benefited several actors:
■Leaders in the former Italian-administered territory gained immediate control of a larger state and international legitimacy.
■Pan-Somali nationalists advanced the ideology of one Somali state
@H_Haji_M@JSLl960 Who benefited from presenting something unborn (the Somali Republic) as a fully formed state, and what did Somaliland gain from accepting that premise?
@H_Haji_M@JSLl960 You think this is wild?
Article 1 of the 2001 Somaliland Constitution states that Somaliland and Somalia “united” to form the Somali Republic.
Perhaps that is why many politicians still speak as if that “union” were an established historical fact, shockingly, it’s in the ...
@mufakkirka In the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Western powers tolerated inflated population figures for Haile Selassie. This has become a tool to deter threats, claim sea access, gain support, and boost Ethiopia’s Horn of Africa influence.
Workers drilling a water well at a site not far from Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa, were met with an unexpected discovery. Instead of water, crude oil burst from the ground.
The incident highlights Somaliland’s vast potential in oil and mineral resources, reinforcing long-held assessments that the country sits atop significant untapped natural wealth.
It has also been stated that the underground water reserves in the country are so abundant that they could supply not only Somaliland, but potentially parts of the Middle East and Africa as well.