Minister of the Presidency of the Republic of Somaliland, Khadar Hussein Abdi, looks on during an interview in Hargeisa on February 21, 2026...

Signing a military cooperation agreement between Saudi Arabia and Somalia in Riyadh only a few weeks after a similar Somalian agreement with Qatar is not a simple bilateral development in defense relations...

The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (File photo) The president of Somalia has strongly denounced the Israeli regime`s interference in his country`s internal affairs and vowed to "confront" any Israeli military presence in the breakaway region of Somaliland...

In recent years, Somaliland has transformed from a marginal and less known region in north of Horn of Africa into an emerging actor in the regional and international geopolitical equations...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia addresses an emergency joint parliamentary session in the capital, Mogadishu, on December 28, 2025...

The flag of Somaliland is seen during a campaign rally of the main opposition party Waddani in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on November 8, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei Iran has strongly condemned the Israeli regime`s blatant violation of Somalia`s territorial integrity and national sovereignty by recognizing the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign state...

A man holds a flag of Somaliland in front of the Hargeisa War Memorial monument in Hargeisa on Nov...

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu The Israeli regime has announced its recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign state, a move swiftly condemned by Somalia and several regional powers who warn it violates international law and threatens regional stability...

Mohamed Hagi (R), Somaliland’s Taiwan representative, bumps elbows with Taiwan’s foreign minister Joseph Wu during the opening ceremony of a representative office in Taiwan, on September 9, 2020...