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After the start of the civil war in Somalia in the early 1990s, Djibouti, as the headquarters of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development regional body, became an active participant in the Somali peace process. In 2000, Djibouti hosted the Arta conference, [3] as well as the 2008–2009 talks between the Transitional Federal Government ...
In April 2014, the interior ministers of Somaliland and Djibouti met in Lawyacado. [25] In May 2014, an explosion killed three people in a restaurant in Djibouti. Al-Shabaab was responsible for the crime. [26] The perpetrators were found to have entered Djibouti via Lawyacado from Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. [27]
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.
Founded in 2003, Horn Cable TV broadcasts in Somali from its headquarters in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. [1] The station also has studios in Mogadishu and London, among other areas. [2] Horn Cable TV is owned by Farhan Haji Ali, a Hargeisa-based Somali entrepreneur who is also the owner of the FAACO. [2]
Somaliland is a de facto independent republic, but its independence remains unrecognised by any member state of the U.N. or any other international organisation. [1] All countries recognise Somaliland as part of Somalia. The capital city of Hargeisa hosts no embassies of U.N. member states, but at least three consulates and a number of liaison ...
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 ...
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.