For more than a week police and the military have been battling the protesters in Laascaanood, a town in Somaliland’s east which is disputed between Somaliland and neighbouring Puntland, one of Somalia’s semi-autonomous regions.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/at-least-20-people-killed-clashes-somaliland-8355521/

The spread of disinformation and smear campaign against the SSC’s paramount traditional elders around Somaliland’s aggression reflects the use of disinformation as a weapon and to distract, confuse and manipulate the SSCKhatumo people.

Source: https://mareeg.com/press-release-puntland-political-forum-the-situation-of-laascaanood/

The State Department recognized Somaliland’s independence in 1960, but that ended after the country entered a union to form Somalia.

Source: https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/is-blinken-repeating-bidens-iraq-mistake-in-africa/