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UAE presses four countries on Somaliland recognition
Somalia claims UAE diplomatic push targets Eswatini, Argentina and others over Somaliland recognitionMOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has reportedly launched a diplomatic initiative encouraging four additional countries to recognize the self-declared breakaway region of Somaliland in northern Somalia, according to Caasimada Online, which cited diplomatic and intelligence sources within the Somali federal government on Tuesday.
The alleged campaign, attributed to Emirati officials, is said to involve engagement with Eswatini, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, and Zambia. The reports suggest that Abu Dhabi is actively lobbying these governments to extend formal recognition to Somaliland, a move that would significantly escalate an already sensitive geopolitical dispute in the Horn of Africa.
According to the unnamed Somali government sources cited in the report, these potential recognitions could materialize ahead of May 18, a date of symbolic importance in Somaliland. The region marks this day as the anniversary of what it calls its reclamation of independence from Somalia in 1991, following its union in 1960. Prior to unification, British Somaliland gained independence on June 26, 1960, while Italian Somaliland followed on July 1 of the same year, leading to the formation of the present-day Somali Republic.
UAE presses four countries on Somaliland recognition | Somali Guardian
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has reportedly launched a diplomatic initiative encouraging four additional countries
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