‘Shared status’ encourages tighter cooperation between Taiwan and Somaliland
As war and delayed elections dim Western enthusiasm for Somaliland, the two territories are ratcheting up their collaboration.The international standing of Somaliland has not been great this year.
Following its de facto independence from Somalia in 1991, the nation built a reputation as a "oasis of stability" in the Horn of Africa by holding democratic elections and disarming its military despite its lack of international recognition.
However, the presidential elections that were supposed to take place in 2017 were postponed, and in February, long-standing clan rivalries exploded into conflict in the area of Las Anod (Laascaanood), which resulted in scores of casualties and forced tens of thousands of inhabitants to evacuate.
The United States has voiced worry over the "democrati...