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SOMALIA: Somaliland, Puntland Tense

SOMALIA: Somaliland, Puntland Tense As Puntland loses its grip, another area, Maakhir, declares independence. A peculiarity of Somalia is that while the south of the country, including its broken capital, Mogadishu, has burned, the north has been stable. Now, to the horror of those trying to put Mogadishu back together again, the north is beginning to crack too. Fighting has broken out between Somaliland, the northern strip that has been virtually independent of the rest of the country for some 16 years, and Puntland, a semi‐autonomous territory in the north‐east. Somaliland says it has driven Puntland forces out of La Anood, a town in the disputed Sool region, killing six Puntlanders and injuring or capturing another 40‐plus. Puntland says its soldiers have retaken the town. Yet another war seems to be breaking out. Sool is split between sub‐clans backing either Somaliland or Puntland, while some of them want autonomy for Sool itself. Somaliland, a former British colony that was separate from the larger parts that were run by Italy, declared independence in 1991 and has since sought international recognition. Puntland's sense of identity is less strong; it has seen itself as a building block for a future federal Somalia. But Puntland is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Copyright © 2007 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2007.01328.x
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As Puntland loses its grip, another area, Maakhir, declares independence. A peculiarity of Somalia is that while the south of the country, including its broken capital, Mogadishu, has burned, the north has been stable. Now, to the horror of those trying to put Mogadishu back together again, the north is beginning to crack too. Fighting has broken out between Somaliland, the northern strip that has been virtually independent of the rest of the country for some 16 years, and Puntland, a semi‐autonomous territory in the north‐east. Somaliland says it has driven Puntland forces out of La Anood, a town in the disputed Sool region, killing six Puntlanders and injuring or capturing another 40‐plus. Puntland says its soldiers have retaken the town. Yet another war seems to be breaking out. Sool is split between sub‐clans backing either Somaliland or Puntland, while some of them want autonomy for Sool itself. Somaliland, a former British colony that was separate from the larger parts that were run by Italy, declared independence in 1991 and has since sought international recognition. Puntland's sense of identity is less strong; it has seen itself as a building block for a future federal Somalia. But Puntland is

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Nov 1, 2007

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