Support Drop's reportingIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, in Hargeisa, Somaliland on January 6, 2026. In the days following Israeli recognition of Somaliland, the Djibouti government announced that it was severing ties with Hargeisa and shuttering its liaison office in Somaliland, while hosting the Somali president on an official visit. “Djibouti is against Israel’s recognition of Somaliland also and shares clan ties to Awdal. “Many Somalis, including those sympathetic to Somaliland’s grievances, view separating Somaliland from Somalia as a return to colonial partition,” said Norman. “For many across the region, Israel’s recognition based on colonial-era boundaries reopens wounds that have never fully healed.”Leave a commentShare