Piracy: The Somaliland coast borders the vital commercial waterway of the Gulf of Men. currently threatened by pirates based largely in neighbouring Puntland; while some international aid has helped to strengthen the Somaliland coastguard. further collaboration. including the use of Somaliland ports by o

bove). O in 2010. the African Union Peace and Security Council directed the AU Commission Chairperson to 'broaden consultations with Somaliland and Puntland". • The United Nations O 18 UN agencies have been physically established in Somaliland. including UNDP. UNFPA, UNAIDS. UNHCR. UNICEF. WHO and WFP.

nuing to lobby the AU. In 2010, the Peace and Security Council directed the AU Commission Chairperson to 'broaden consultations with Somaliland and Puntland" which we welcome. We are strengthening ties with African countries alongside the UK, US and EU. The President and Foreign Minister have been recei

zed along competing clan and sub-clan lines — turned on each other. While some areas of Somalia, such as the northern quasi-states of Somaliland and Puntland — remained peaceful, clan and warlord based violence convulsed the southern and central regions of the country.n2 By mid-1992, the international co