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The president of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has said his government will press ahead with an agreement signed earlier this month with landlocked Ethiopia to give it access to the sea ...
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On 11 August 2022, 5 people were killed and more than 100 injured in widespread protests in the cities of Hargeisa, Burao, and Erigavo after negotiations between the Somaliland government and opposition parties broke down, with the latter accusing Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi and his officials of purposely finding ways to delay the upcoming 13 November election.
Up until the battle the town was a customs point operated by Puntland. Somaliland had earlier captured Tukaraq from Khaatumo State forces in 2012, who subsequently fled to Ethiopia. Somaliland forces then later withdrew from the town, with Puntland assuming control. Puntland and Somaliland have previously clashed in the outskirts of Tukaraq in ...
2 January – Protests continue for a fifth day in Las Anod, Somaliland, with protesters demanding that the city be governed by Puntland instead of by Somaliland. Twenty people are killed in clashes between protestors and security forces.
International support for Somaliland after the market fire, by country. On 3 April, Somaliland officials launched an international appeal for USD $2 billion to urgently deliver humanitarian support to the families and businesses affected by the fire. [1] $2 billion was chosen as the amount as that was the estimated loss caused by the fire. [3]
Somaliland has vowed to reclaim the region, [29] and a military stalemate presently holds between SSC troops and the Somaliland army on a front line 100km from Las Anod. [30] The conflict has also sparked fears of similar uprisings in other Somaliland regions with strong unionist leanings, such as Awdal in the west.