Somaliland Quo Vadis: Overcoming Africa's Post-colonial Self-determination Conundrum (1991-2006)

Abstract

This article, with the focus on the period 1991 to 2006, examines Somaliland's postcolonial self-determination conundrum, its regional geo-political dynamics interacting within the broader international context and how these dynamics play out in the quest for de jure recognition and the influence of regional politics; Somaliland's navigating its quasi-juridical sovereignty amid the politics of the Arab League and the African Union (AU) which resonate in the arena of multilateral institutions, while Somaliland's relations with Ethiopia and South Africa open up possibilities of a departure from isolation.