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The Department of Somaliland Immigration "(SIBC)" or Somaliland Immigration and Border Control (Somali: Waaxda Socdaalka Somaliland or Ciidanka Socdaalka Somaliland; Arabic: دائرة الهجرة ومراقبة الحدود صوماليلاندي) is an agency of the government of Somaliland under the Ministry of Interior and also is the principal authority to execute and implement the ...
Somaliland–Somalia border in 1948. In May 1894, the border between Somaliland and Somalia was demarcated by the Anglo-Italian. [6] [7] [8] Officially implemented in 1929, it extends along longitude 49 (49E), from the Gulf of Aden to 9°N latitude, and then diagonally across the intersection of longitude 48 (48E) and 8N latitude.
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.
Armed Forces of Somaliland intervened in the fighting and are currently based in Sadher, near the Ethiopian border. Western areas of Somaliland remained relatively peaceful, while the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions experienced intermittent armed clashes between Somaliland forces and militias supporting aspirations for a new state of Khatumo. [19]
During World War II, Britain gained control of the Ogaden and Haud territories and returned them to Ethiopia in 1954, but not delimited beyond the provisional line (sometimes labeled on maps as the Provisional Administrative Line). [1] Since 1960 independence, the border has suffered serious skirmishes involving both countries' soldiers.
Maakhir (Makhir) is a self-proclaimed autonomous state declared on July 1, 2007 on an area "disputed" by Somaliland and Puntland. Maakhir's template of self-governance rests on the building block system endorsed by the International community as a way of reconstituting the collapsed state of Somalia.
Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south and west, and Somalia to the east. Its claimed territory has an area of 176,120 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi), with ...
The visa policy of Somaliland dictates the use and acquisition of visas in Somaliland. In accordance with the law, citizens of all countries require a visa to visit Somaliland. [1] [2] [3] Somaliland and Somalia have completely different visa policies and Somaliland authorities do not recognize national visas issued by Somalia. [4] [5] [6]