As the Chair of the Utah Democratic Party, I take no position on who should be the Democratic nominee for Utah's CD 1 in November. But I am repulsed by the number of bigoted racial and religious comments to this video announcement by Liban Mohamed. As MLK, Jr. said, let's judge each other by the content of our character, not the color of our skin.
Any discussion of forcibly displacing the Palestinians or relocating them to 🇸🇴 territory is completely unacceptable & violates their fundamental right to live on their own land.Those involved,including the leaders of Somaliland, bear full responsibility for their heinous actions
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission rejects any recognition of Somaliland and reaffirms the African Union’s unwavering commitment to the unity and sovereignty of #Somalia.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has taken note, with deep concern, of recent developments relating to Somaliland.
In this regard, the Chairperson of the Commission unequivocally reaffirms the longstanding and consistent position of the African Union, grounded in the principles enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the African Union, in particular the respect for the intangibility of borders inherited at independence, as affirmed by the 1964 decision of the Organization of African Unity.
The Chairperson of the Commission @ymahmoudali firmly rejects any initiative or action aimed at recognizing Somaliland as an independent entity, recalling that Somaliland remains an integral part of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Any attempt to undermine the unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Somalia runs counter to the fundamental principles of the African Union and risks setting a dangerous precedent with far-reaching implications for peace and stability across the continent.
The Chairperson of the Commission reiterates the African Union’s unwavering commitment to the unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Somalia, as well as its full support for the efforts of the Somali authorities to consolidate peace, strengthen State institutions, and advance inclusive governance.
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Israel recognized the Republic of Somaliland. This comes at a time when internally, Somaliland is at a historic low. Somaliland had been internally contested from the very beginning (1991-). Over the past 15 years it developed into a one-clan polity, controlled by the demographic majority: Isaaq. It is striving mostly in the Isaaq-inhabited territories between Hargeysa, Berbera and Bur’o.
In 2023 the Somaliland army attacked Lasanod, a town in the contested east of Somaliland where the members of the locally dominant Dhulbahante clan always felt they were part of Somalia (and thus had been opposing the unilateral secession of Somaliland from Somalia over decades). Not only did the Somaliland army kill a lot of civilians in Lasanod between February and August 2023; it also lost the war over Lasanod (and with it, many Somaliland soldiers and equipment). In the wake of Somaliland's defeat, a new administration was established in the east called, first, SSC-Khaatumo and, since mid-2025, North-East State. It covers the lands inhabited by Dhulbahante and is part of Somalia. The map below depicts the Isaaq heartland (including the "Berbera corridor" and the entities in the east that separated themselves from Hargeysa's control over the past years.
On 1 January 2024, then President Muse Bihi of Somaliland entered into a MoU with Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia about an Ethiopian naval base west of Berbera (Somaliland) in exchange for shares in Ethiopian Airlines and some “looking into the question of recognition”. This stirred the outrage of the Somali government and across the Somali communities and briefly led to the formation of anti-Ethiopian alliances between the leaders in Mogadishu, Asmara and Cairo. The geopolitical tensions were calmed with the help of the Turkish government end of 2024 and Ethiopia henceforth remained silent about the MoU. Muse Bihi lost the presidential elections and in Nov. 2024. The candidate of the opposition, Abdirahman Irro, took over.
Over the past 12 months, however, Irro’s domestic course had been unclear. He did not manage to advance Somaliland’s interest in the east, which effectively remains part of Somalia (with Dhulbahante having their own administration and Warsangeli partly siding with North-East State, partly with Puntland) - see map below. Recently, a conflict between Ise and Gadabursi, two other non-Isaaq clans, erupted in the far west of Somaliland. The conflict was completely mismanaged by the government in Hargeysa and this caused considerable opposition which led to a heavy-handed reaction by the Somaliland army killing some 19 people and injuring many more in Boroma in early December 2025. The conflict between the two opposed clans is smouldering ever since.
The government of Somaliland is dominated by one clan-family: Isaaq. It effectively controls only parts of the territory claimed as “state territory” (it controls roughly 65-70 per cent). Somaliland’s leaders have become massively corrupt and, what is more worrisome, prone to use violence against opponents. A considerable part of the population of the region opposes Somaliland’s independence from Somalia. The opponents, particularly in the east, are heavily armed.
The fact that Israel now recognized this weak and internally contested entity as “state” can, in my view, mean only one thing: more conflict and violence in the Horn of Africa. Netanyahu has already the blood of many Palestinian civilians on his hands. Now he reaches out to create more havoc among Somalis. @POTUS@TiborPNagyJr@DrJPPham@SecRubio@GermanyinSOM@SpotonSomalia@HassanSMohamud@EU_Commission@FranceinSomalia@FCDOGovUK@SheiknorQassim@ZakiaHussen
International law requires Israel to comply and respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Somalia. Recognizing a part of Somalia is a complete breach of this. Somaliland is an integral part of Somalia. Our people are firmly united in the defence of their sovereignty.
Israel is the only country in the world that recognized the separatist “ Somaliland” in an effort to destabilize the Horn of Africa and the red sea area.