On Boxing Day 2006, Ethiopian troops, endorsed by the United States, rolled into Mogadishu. Their intervention, aimed at crushing the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and installing “a weak, decentralised ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Dec. 26 that Israel would recognize the Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign nation, a few months short of the 35th anniversary of its ...

The development carries potential benefits for both sides but still faces stiff international opposition, 34 years after the region broke away from Somalia. By Abdi Latif Dahir and Richard Pérez-Peña ...

Africa's regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected the recognition of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation by Israel a day earlier, the first by any country in more ...

Thousands of people thronged the streets in the capital Hargeisa — Farhan Aleli People gathered in several towns in the breakaway region of Somaliland on Sunday to celebrate its recognition by Israel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa In a Maariv interview with Edy Cohen, Khalifa Ibrahim, a businessman from the city of Berbera and an ...

Since Israel recognised Somaliland last month, the self-declared republic on the Gulf of Aden has become central to a struggle over military access, ports and regional influence across the Red Sea ...

Israel became the first country to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday – a decision that could reshape regional dynamics and ...

NAIROBI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met the president of Somaliland on Tuesday, 10 days after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the breakaway region in ...

The region has become a critical theater for global rivalries amid Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland and Washington’s counterterrorism efforts. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Nairobi ...

Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago ...