IRI: “Somaliland Electionsâ€
The International Republican Institute says:
Known as the Somaliland Protectorate during almost 80 years of British rule, the Republic of Somaliland gained independence from Britain on June 26, 1960. On July 1, 1960 it joined the former Italian Somalia to form the Somali Republic but civil war broke out in the 1980s, which led eventually to the collapse of the Somali Republic. In 1991, the people of Somaliland held a congress, during which it decided to withdraw from the Union with Somalia and to reinstate Somaliland’s sovereignty.
Is this really what happened or is the IRI misinformed and mislead? Go figure!
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