Recognizing Somaliland is more than a moral imperative for the United States. It is also a strategic opportunity.

"The relationship between Somalia and Ethiopia, that is their business. We are minding our own business," Somaliland's special envoy to the African Union, Abdulahi Mohammud, told DW.

Under the Somaliland deal, Ethiopia will take a 50-year lease of the Berbera Port, affording Addis Ababa 20km (12.5 miles) of the Red Sea coastline for commercial marine operations and a naval base.

Somaliland is part of Somalia and the larger Horn of Africa region. It has hundreds of miles of coastline along the Gulf of Aden to the north, and it borders Ethiopia to the south and west and ...

Last week, a US Congressman introduced the ‘Somaliland Independence Act’ to congress, potentially bringing Washington one ...

However, Ethiopia has not officially left the Somaliland deal. In January, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud paid a surprise visit to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, where he met with the ...

Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland on Thursday swore in its new president after last month's election that gave a boost for the region's push for international recognition. The ceremony ...

Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said this week that water security is Egypt’s first and most important existential priority, ...

In return, Ethiopia would become the first country to formally recognize Somaliland’s independence. Somalia says the deal infringes on its sovereignty and territory.

12/16/2024 December 16, 2024. Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland says its deal to give Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in exchange for recognition as an independent state still stands.