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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday said Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland was a “threat to the security and stability of the world and the region.”
Speaking at an emergency session of parliament, Mohamud said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Friday was “tantamount to a blunt aggression against the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and the unity of the people of the Somali Republic”.
Israel became the first country to recognise Somaliland, which declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has sought international recognition for decades.
Somaliland, which lies along the Gulf of Aden, operates as a self-declared republic with its own government, currency, passports and security forces, but has remained diplomatically isolated since its unilateral declaration of independence.
Foreign ministers from more than 20 Muslim-majority countries and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday rejected Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Somaliland region of Somalia.
The ministers, in a joint statement, said they “unequivocally” rejected Israel’s decision of December 26, 2025, to recognise Somaliland, noting “the serious repercussions of such an unprecedented measure on peace and security in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea.”
