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In January 2021, the President of Somaliland announced the elimination of a $31 tax imposed on citizens traveling from Somaliland to Djibouti via Lawyacado. [ 16 ] In July 2022, a meeting on border movement between Somaliland and Djibouti was held in Lawyacado, where it was agreed that a transit fee of $16 for Djiboutian citizens and 30,000 ...
Somaliland is situated in the northwest of recognised Somalia. It lies between 08°N and 11°30'N, and between 42°30'E and 49°00'E. [40] It is bordered by Djibouti to the west, Ethiopia to the south, and Somalia to the east. Somaliland has an 850 kilometres (528 mi) coastline with the majority lying along the Gulf of Aden.
Hargeisa is the financial hub to many entrepreneurial industries ranging from finance, retail, imports/export warehouses to gem cutters, construction, food processing, textiles and livestock trading. In June 2012, the Partnership Fund for the private sector in Somaliland was launched at Hargeisa's Ambassador Hotel.
"Awdal in western Somaliland is situated between Djibouti, Ethiopia, and the Issaq-populated mainland of Somaliland. It is primarily inhabited by the three sub-clans of the Gadabursi clan, whose traditional institutions survived the colonial period, Somali statehood and the war in good shape, remaining functionally intact and highly relevant to ...
[22] [25] An SNM fighter who partook in the Hargeisa offensive described Somali troops dropping their uniforms on the ground and fleeing. [22] The SNM encountered stiff resistance from the Somalian Army as they surrounded Radio Hargeisa's headquarters. [22] The Somalian army units withdrew to Hargeisa Airport and the hills east of the city. [25]
Tog Wajaale is the main border crossing for goods coming in and out of Somaliland, primarily from the port city of Berbera, Somaliland's main port. [ 3 ] The settlements on the Ethiopian side of the border are called Togo Wuchale , Togo Chale, Wajaale, etc., and are located about 20 km southwest of Tog Wajaale in Somaliland.
Traditional Territory of select Sacad Muuse Clans in Somaliland. The Sa'ad Musa clan make up a significant percentage of the population in Maroodi Jeex region, which is considered the most populous region in Somaliland, forming a sizeable majority of the population in the national capital Hargeisa as well as exclusively dominating the agricultural towns and settlements of Gabiley, Wajaale ...
The Isaaq genocide (Somali: Xasuuqii beesha Isaaq; Arabic: الإبادة الجماعية لقبيلة إسحاق), [7] [8] also known as the Hargeisa Holocaust, [8] [9] [10] was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide of Isaaq civilians between 1987 and 1989 by the Somali Democratic Republic, under the dictatorship of Siad Barre, during the Somaliland War of Independence.