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Analysts Hope Elections Do Not Slow Somalia-Somaliland Talks

Mohammed Yusuf

   NAIROBI - As Somalia and the self-declared republic of Somaliland head
   toward elections, conflict experts are calling on both sides not to let
   politics disrupt progress in recent talks.

   The two sides disagree on the status of Somaliland, which declared
   independence from Mogadishu in 1991.

   In June 2020, Somali government officials led by President Mohamed
   Abdullahi Farmajo met a delegation from Somaliland led by President
   Muse Bihi Abdi.

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