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Interview By Elsa González Aimé on November 22, 2016 East Africa, Interviews, Peace and Conflict, Politics, International Relations

London(ANN)Since the fall of the dictatorship of Siyad Barre in 1991 and the outbreak of civil war in Somalia, the territory north of the country corresponding to the former Protectorate of British Somaliland has claimed its recognition as an independent state. In spite of substantiating its claim in the same legal terms that encouraged the decolonization of the rest of the continent, at the moment it has not been able to obtain the international recognition of its independence like sovereign state. There is undoubtedly a fear, especially on the part of other African states, that this feeds more secessionist projects. Somaliland, however, has in fact functioned as a state since the insurgency against the Mogadishu government, the Somali National Movement, proclaimed in May 1991 a break with Somalia and the creation of the Republic of Somaliland. The society of Somaliland then turned to a process of reconciliation and national construction, and although the path since then has not always been peaceful, has meant the consolidation of a political project on the margins of Somalia.

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