7d ago

Exclusive: Somaliland president says recognition of state ‘on the horizon’ following Trump talks

www.theguardian.com

That goal, say Somaliland sources, has never been closer amid signs that the US president, Donald Trump, could be the first leader to recognise the self-declared republic in return for building a military base near the port of Berbera, a strategic location on the Gulf of Aden.

A key US military base, Camp Lemonnier, is located in neighbouring Djibouti but concern is growing over Chinese influence there as Beijing continues to strengthen its ties with Africa.

Project 2025, the alleged blueprint for the second Trump presidency, proposes the recognition of Somaliland as a “hedge against the US’s deteriorating position in Djibouti”.

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slartibartfast @lemm.ee

7d ago

Exclusive: Somaliland president says recognition of state ‘on the horizon’ following Trump talks

www.theguardian.com /global-development/2025/may/30/exclusive-somaliland-president-says-recognition-of-state-on-the-horizon-following-trump-talks

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BrikoX @lemmy.zip

1w ago

Somaliland president says recognition of state ‘on the horizon’ following Trump talks

www.theguardian.com /global-development/2025/may/30/exclusive-somaliland-president-says-recognition-of-state-on-the-horizon-following-trump-talks

10 comments

And all they need to do is open a giant prison and take in US deportees
- Nah, we already got el salvador for that. They're gonna need to open up to all the Palestinians "voluntarily leaving" gaza after netanyahu and co make it uninhabitable.
  
  If El Salvador was enough, then why have they started sending people to South Sudan? Why are they talking to Rwanda?
  These are evil, cruel people, and they want us dead.
Just buy some $TRUMP. Insta diplomacy cheat code
I’ll take Somaliland over Somalia any day. At least one of those governments is halfway functional.
- Geez I wonder what is causing all that instability in the region.
  Oh look a 'stable country' which butters up to America!
  
  Somalia failed due to a number of factors: Starting with a coup that created the socialist Somali Democratic Republic which then launched a failed invasion of Ethiopia. Ethiopian resistance, mass migration caused by the invasion, poorly distributed food aid, and harsh government crackdowns led to a civil war the country has yet to recover from. UN and US interventions in the civil war unfortunately didn't solve the problem either.
  Eventually, out of this civil war emerged two countries: Somaliland and Somalia. One of these is half-way functioning democracy today and is an obvious choice to recognize and stabilize the region. The alternative is to force Somaliland to fail and have that region fall back into civil war too.