World-wide news consumers are led to believe that Somaliland is a part and parcel of Somalia and thus making a trip there is like committing suicide. But it is a de facto country and has informal ...

while Somalia remains fundamentally anarchic, with no substantial national government to speak of, Somaliland is conversely peaceful, democratic, and remarkably safe by comparison. The de facto ...

Ties between Taiwan and Somaliland deepened on Wednesday with the opening of a de facto embassy in Taipei ... The relationship has angered Beijing and Somalia, which have expressed opposition ...