Somaliland

[soh-mah-lee-land, suh-]

noun

1. a coastal region in E Africa, including Djibouti, Somalia, and the Ogaden part of Ethiopia.

Somaliland

/ səʊˈmɑːlɪˌlænd /

noun

1. a former region of E Africa, between the equator and the Gulf of Aden: includes Somalia, Djibouti, and SE Ethiopia

Example Sentences

Somaliland, which declared independence in 1991, governs itself with its own institutions but has not been internationally recognised.

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While Somalia re-established full control of its airspace in 2017, Somaliland continues to contest the arrangement.

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On Saturday, Somaliland's Foreign Minister Abdirahman Dahir Aadan again insisted that "anyone travelling to Somaliland will obtain their visa on arrival", saying Somalia's e-visa system was not safe and warning that "people's data can fall into the hands of extremist groups" as a result of using it.

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Somaliland's Civil Aviation Minister, Fu'aad Ahmed Nuux, has told the BBC that the directives - first announced earlier this year - came into effect on 10 November.

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Footage released by Somaliland's aviation ministry appears to show local air-traffic controllers issuing instructions to international pilots - a move celebrated domestically as an assertion of Somaliland's autonomy.

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