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African Union pans Israeli recognition of Somaliland
Bangkok Post
|December 28, 2025
Somalia and the African Union reacted angrily Friday after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the northern region of Somaliland as an independent state.
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DIPLOMATICALLY ISOLATED: A man holds a flag of Somaliland in front of the Hargeisa War Memorial monument in Hargeisa, capital of the self-proclaimed republic, in this Nov 7, 2024 file photo.
Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has pushed for international recognition for decades, with president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi making it a top priority since taking office last year.
Israel announced Friday that it viewed Somaliland as an "independent and sovereign state", prompting Somalia to call the decision a "deliberate attack" on its sovereignty that would undermine regional peace.
Several other countries condemned Israel's decision. The African Union (AU) rejected the move and warned that it risked "setting a dangerous precedent with far-reaching implications for peace and stability across the continent".
Somaliland "remains an integral part" of Somalia, an AU member, said the pan-African body's head Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.
This story is from the December 28, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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