Somalia and Somaliland are located in the “Horn of Africa,” the easternmost peninsula in Northeast Africa
In May 1991, after a brutal civil war, the Republic of Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia
Somaliland has made great strides, including establishing a stable government with peaceful elections.
Still, Somaliland remains unrecognized internationally, and the combined area of Somaliland and Somalia has been ranked as the 2nd most Fragile State in the world by The Fund for Peace for most of the past decade.