Fifteen (15) Participants from 10 countries across 3 African Regions, namely North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and Libya), West Africa (The Gambia, Ghana and Benin) and East Africa (Somaliland, Uganda, Mozambique and Malawi) gathered to attend the workshop.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/training-of-trainers-tot-programme-on-conflict-management-united-cities-and-local-governments-of-africa-uclg-africa-and-african-centre-for-the-constructive-resolution-of-disputes-accord-officia/

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/

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Saturday it would mediate between Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to facilitate reunification after a more than three-decade split.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Uganda-says-it-will-mediate-between-Somalia-and-breakaway-Somaliland--44910425/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230923

"Somaliland forces are shelling the civilian areas by using mortars and heavy artillery," Abdirahim Ali Ismail, mayor of Las Anod, told Reuters by phone on Saturday.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/conflict/fighting-in-breakaway-somaliland-kills-nine-c-9729174

The Berbera corridor that extends from Ethiopia through Somaliland to the Gulf of Aden--which the United Arab Emirates now considers part of its maritime security perimeter--is a paradigm of a contemporary city-trading state.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202304250170.html

The latest fighting broke out on February 6 in Las Anod, which is situated on a key trade corridor and is claimed by both Somaliland and neighbouring Puntland, a semi-autonomous state of northeastern Somalia.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/somaliland-clashes-displace-more-than-185000/

The points of its star each represents a different Somali territory: Djibouti, Somaliland, the Somali region of Ethiopia, Kenya’s North Eastern Province, and Somalia itself.

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

To save Somaliland from fragmentation, he should engage Laas Caanood clan chiefs to address their grievances expressed violently by the population.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202305230005.html