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Breakaway Region’s Secession Bid Rattles Neighbors

 

Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital.

Photographer: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

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Somaliland has been pursuing international recognition ever since it declared itself independent from Somalia in 1991.