Peloni: This article is from a several years ago, but it accurately describes the divergent paths which first led to the converging of Somaliland with Somalia and later led to their permanent separation and current political situation.
If Canada does not recognize Somaliland, we will be harming our own interest and contributing to conflict in a turbulent part of the world
By Geoffrey Clarfield , National Post | August 3, 2018
Somaliland in Orange and Somalia in Green. Image by Adam Hegazy337259 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
It starts like this. A Somali “entrepreneur,” often a former pirate who rose in the ranks of his “profession,” decides to attack a ship in the Indian Ocean in the hope that he can get a king’s ransom from the owners, or from the companies that insure the massive vessels, which carry 90 per cent of the world’s shipping. The entrepreneur either uses his own money or gets it from investors. With this money he hires local crews of pirates who are willing to man the small powerboats used to board the larger ships.
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