Africa: The Somaliland Paradox – Why the World Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Africa’s Most Successful State

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba — For more than three decades, Somaliland has occupied a peculiar and increasingly indefensible position in international politics. It fulfills every empirical and legal criterion of statehood: clearly defined borders rooted in colonial demarcations, a permanent and civically engaged population, functioning government institutions, and a demonstrable capacity to conduct foreign relations. Yet for most of its modern existence, Somaliland has remained absent from formal international recognition, treated as a