Israel announced on Friday that it recognizes Somaliland as an “independent and sovereign state.” The two countries will establish diplomatic relations, a statement said.
Condemnation quickly came from, among others, the EU, the African Union and countries such as Somalia, Turkey and Egypt.
Somaliland, in northwestern Somalia, with a strategic position on the Gulf of Aden, declared itself an independent republic in 1991. The secession has not been recognized internationally.
