Somaliland - Somalia (149 images)

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, is the only completely unrecognized country in Africa. Somaliland separated from Somalia during the 1991 collapse of Siyad Barre's dictatorship, which has since left Somalia in chaos. On the contrary, Somaliland has since built an independent state that has seen relative peace and prosperity, democratization and a thriving entrepreneurial market, though stymied its de-facto status. Regardless of this stability, the chaos in Somalia, and its stategic...
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Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, is the only completely unrecognized country in Africa. Somaliland separated from Somalia during the 1991 collapse of Siyad Barre's dictatorship, which has since left Somalia in chaos. On the contrary, Somaliland has since built an independent state that has seen relative peace and prosperity, democratization and a thriving entrepreneurial market, though stymied its de-facto status. Regardless of this stability, the chaos in Somalia, and its stategic location on the Horn of Africa and Gulf of Aden, no other country recognizes its sovereignty.
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