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.