Somaliland has said that its pursuit for international recognition would continue as the government announces plans to take its self-determination case before the international court.
During a virtual speech delivered to mark the country’s 29th anniversary of separation from Somalia, President Musa Bihi said nothing would stop Somaliland from marking this occasion.
President Bihi also clarified that the country would take its case for self-determination to the international court in case talks with Somalia collapse.
Somaliland, which was once a colony of the British Empire, joined Somalia on July 1, 1960, which was only five days after gaining its independence on June 26, 1960.
However, it seceded from Somalia on May 19, 1991 once the country went into a Civil War following the ouster of President Siad Barre via a military coup.
Somaliland held a referendum on May 31, 2001 to affirm its independence from Somalia and its creation into a separate state with its own government.
However, none of that has convinced the international community to offer it the global recognition it craves.
Recently, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia sought to bring President Bihi into a meeting with his Somalia counterpart, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo.