The development carries potential benefits for both sides but still faces stiff international opposition, 34 years after the region broke away from Somalia. By Abdi Latif Dahir and Richard Pérez-Peña ...

Africa's regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected Israel's recognition of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation, a day earlier. Somaliland, a territory of more than ...

Israel has officially become the first country to formally recognize Somaliland as an independent nation, marking a significant diplomatic development for the coastal territory in Africa. Prime ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s defense of Somalia’s territorial claims and her opposition to the recognition of an independent Somaliland has been criticized as authorities ramp up investigations into alleged mass ...

Israel became the first member of the United Nations to formally recognize Somaliland, a self-declared breakaway region in Somalia, as an independent and sovereign state on Friday. Israeli Prime ...

A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on Sanaa, Yemen, in August [Reuters] The leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels has warned any Israeli presence in Somaliland would be considered a ...

On December 26, 2025, Israel’s recognition of the Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign nation sent a clear message to the international community: It is time to acknowledge the political and legal ...

Somali officials and the African Union on Saturday blasted Israel for recognizing Somaliland as an independent state and allegedly undermining Somalia’s sovereignty. “The federal government of Somalia ...

In Hargeisa, crowds took to the streets to celebrate, many carrying the flag of the breakaway state — LUIS TATO Somalia and the African Union reacted angrily Friday after Israel became the first ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday made Israel the first U.N. member state to formally recognize the independent Republic of Somaliland. File Photo by Ronen Zvulun/UPI Dec. 26 (UPI) - ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tens of thousands gathered across Somalia on Tuesday in the nation’s largest protests since Israel recognized ...

In the decades since residents in Somalia’s northwest region broke away from the East African nation during its 1991 civil war, Somaliland, as the area is known, has existed largely in geopolitical ...