Written by: Mohamed Abdi Fatah Mohamoud [Amin Guled] Summary Somaliland is a secessionist self-declared state in the Northern Somalia, they struggled for international recognition for more than 3 decades with the biggest challenge being the lack of approval and acceptance from southern Somalia. In the past few years, Somaliland has gained it is Reputation as the safe heaven in Somalia, they succeeded in democracy by holding public elections which was never been achieved by the South, the state which is yet to gain it is emancipation from Somalia has also advanced in the disarmament of it is civilians which is also yet to happen in the southern and central parts of Somalia since the collapse of the central government led by president Mohamed Siyad Barre in 1991. Somaliland did not directly participate the long civil war that raged the rest of Somalia, but some critics say; al-Shabaab is indirectly backed up from Somaliland, although there is no concrete evidence on that critici...