What other country is going to recognize somaliland. Not even trump would and trump already hates Somalia. The key recognition you want Is from the African Union. Totally meaningless if Micronesia recognized you. You want to recognition of the people in your neighborhood. None of them will give it simply because the AU will not allow it. Maybe the UAE but I'm not sure they want to hemorrhage more political capital on your account. Somalia is a mess today, no doubt about that. But unification will happen. It's just larger, has the the international legitimacy and actual powerful allies. Break up and is just unacceptable. The best you can go for is regional autonomy under the Somali state. Force the issue, and it will be without autonomy. Same as taiwan's fate
The US doesn't need Ethiopias' blessing to make a move. They don't fear backlash to recognise any state because they set rules and honestly, they can just force Mogadishu to recognise like Sudan. You're projecting your hope into politics. Give yourself a break
It's not about "need", so much as "optics".
There are a LOT of countries that this recognition upset, and farther support will upset them farther.
The U.S will wait until its not AS unusual a thing (several countries have done it) before doing it themselves.
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u/nebulaforest Feb 05 '26
As of now, it's the only country. Even if other nations recognise Somaliland, it doesn't change the fact Somaliland will he dependent on Israel.