Somaliland

Somalia: On The Front Lines With Somaliland

August 7, 2026 Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Israel, Somalia, Somaliland, Wars and Militarism

Several weeks ago, in early July 2026, I told friends and family that I’d be traveling to the first annual Las Anod Forum 2026. My family said, “Oh My God. Somalia? What the hell are you gonna do next??? Terrorists! Al Shabaab! Warlords! Drone bombing! Kidnapping! Oil!” US State Department advisories say more or less the same, although they don’t mention the US drone bombing operation, which, according to Brown University’s Costs of War project, has a far larger budget than Somalia’s federal government. It’s fired off some staggering amount of ordnance since 2007, often hitting civilians, mostly desert nomads, in the name of fighting Al Shabaab and ISIS.

Israel’s Recognition Of ‘Somaliland’ Is Destabilizing Somalia

February 22, 2026 Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Horn of Africa, Israel, Somalia, Somaliland

Since 1991, a reactionary element in "Somaliland" has been attempting to secede from Somalia. Those tensions were raised on December 26 when the Zionist entity many call Israel recognized this effort. Its intent is to have a place to which it could permanently expel Palestinians from their rightful homeland and, along with the US, gain a stronger military hold in the region. The entire international community has condemned this move, with the exception of the US. AWB spoke with longtime independent journalist Ann Garrison about the situation and the ramifications of “Somaliland” secession going forward.

US/Israeli Plans To Destabilize Africa And Asia: Somaliland Recognition

January 12, 2026 Sara Flounders, Workers' World. Educate! Africa, foreign interference, Israel, Somalia, Somaliland

The Israeli state’s aggressive efforts as a proxy for U.S. imperialism continue in its assigned role to destabilize all of West Asia. Increasingly. Israel is also a serious U.S. partner in efforts to fragment and destabilize African countries. This was shown when on Dec. 26 Israel formally recognized the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland. The formal recognition took place only two days before Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s departure for extensive meetings with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. The timing was the clearest signal that the recognition was not just Netanyahu’s unilateral decision.

Israel’s Move In Somaliland As Broader Strategy For Regional Dominance

January 7, 2026 Abdaljawad Omar, Mondoweiss. Educate! Illegal Occupation, Israel, Somaliland, West Asia

As Donald Trump proclaimed a “forever peace” in the region last October, Israel proceeded to dramatically escalate its military operations, launching repeated assaults across Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and beyond. In Gaza, Israel has violated the ceasefire over a thousand times; in Lebanon, it continues to target resistance forces; in Syria, it attempts to destabilize the new regime by exacerbating sectarian divisions; and more recently, it has continued to beat the drums of war with Iran. Its recent recognition of Somaliland also signals an Israel that seeks to regionalize its terror regime, challenge Turkey’s presence in Somalia, and position itself closer to Yemen and Iran for future skirmishes.

Yemeni Resistance Leader Vows To Target Israeli Presence In Somalia

December 29, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! forced displacement, Israel, Palestinians, Somalia, Somaliland, Sovereignty

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarallah resistance movement, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, warned in a speech on 28 December that any potential Israeli presence in Somaliland will be considered a “military target” for the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF). The speech came as several African, Arab, and Muslim states condemned Israel’s decision last week to recognize the sovereignty of the separatist Republic of Somaliland, which Somalia views as one of its federal states. Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is “a hostile stance targeting Somalia and its African surroundings, as well as Yemen and the Red Sea and the countries on its shores,” Houthi said on Sunday.

Somaliland: How The World Reacted To Israeli Recognition

December 27, 2025 Rayhan Uddin, Middle East Eye. Educate! African Union (AU), Donald Trump, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, qatar, Somaliland

Israel's decision to become the first country to recognise the breakaway region of Somaliland has been condemned by a string of countries, while the US president said he was not ready to immediately follow in Israel's footsteps. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, announced on Friday that he had signed a mutual declaration to recognise Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state. Somaliland has been part of the unified Somali Republic since 1960, but declared its independence in 1991 and established a de facto state.

Somaliland: British Colony, Palestinian Concentration Camp?

April 19, 2025 Kit Klarenberg, Scheer Post. Educate! Concentration Camps, Gaza, Human Rights, Palestine, Somaliland

In recent months, Somaliland has become a subject of intense, unprecedented interest for the Western media. As Israeli and US officials scramble to find a destination to forcibly relocate Gaza’s population from their shattered homeland, the little-acknowledged, unrecognised breakaway statelet is increasingly viewed as an attractive option. Multiple mainstream media reports indicate officials in Tel Aviv and Washington are making discrete overtures to Hargeisa on the topic. On March 14th, the Financial Times revealed: “A US official briefed on Washington’s initial contacts with Somaliland’s presidency said discussions had begun about a possible deal to recognise the de facto state in return for the establishment of a military base near the port of Berbera on the Red Sea coast.”

Red Sea Tensions Increase

February 10, 2024 Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Palestine, Somaliland, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

As Israel continues its massacres in Gaza, tensions are intensifying over the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the wider North African and Western Asian region. After three US soldiers were killed by a drone strike in Jordan, the US responded with strikes inside Iraq and Syria, killing 40. White House national security spokesman John Kirby then told Fox News that the strikes were "just the first round,” making it clear that hegemony is Washington’s only horizon. Meanwhile a related conflict is heating up on the southern side of the Gulf of Aden, triggered by a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Ethiopia and Somaliland, the breakaway state that has been trying to secede from Somalia since 1991 but has not been recognized by any of the UN’s 193 member states or by the African Union.

US/EU/NATO Meet With Somaliland Secessionists

April 20, 2023 Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. Educate! European Union (EU), NATO, Somaliland, Wars and Militarism

On April 17, a group of 15 international partners—Belgium, Canada, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the US—issued a statement about their conversation with Somaliland secessionists waging war against Somali nationalists in the Somali city of Laascaanood and the surrounding region, Sool, Sanaag and Cayn . The diplomats plodded through the usual platitudes, calling for a cessation of hostilities and urging both sides to sit down and talk but, most fundamentally, reinforcing the West’s de facto recognition of secessionist Somaliland, encouraging the further fracturing of Somalia and disrespecting the nation’s sovereignty.

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