Not to be confused with Independence Day (State of Somaliland), the 26 June holiday to mark the State of Somaliland's independence from British rule in 1960.
Independence Day in Somaliland(Arabic:عيد استقلال أرض الصومال) is an annual celebration held on 18 May in Somaliland to mark the polity's declaration of independence from the Somali Democratic Republic,[1] a unilateral proclamation which remains unrecognized the world over.[2] Although internationally seen only as an autonomous area of Somalia,[3] the territory's self-declared independence has endured, and the twentieth anniversary was celebrated in 2011 at the National Palace in Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, with shops closing down for the day.[4]
Independence Day عيد استقلال أرض الصومال
Somali women at independence day celebrations with the flag of Somaliland
^"Somaliland Celebrates 20 Years of Self-Declared Independence". Voice of America. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
^Human Rights Watch (Organization), Chris Albin-Lackey, "Hostages to peace": threats to human rights and democracy in Somaliland, (Human Rights Watch: 2009), p.43.
^Somaliland’s Quest for International Recognition and the HBM-SSC Factor May 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^Gebreselassie, Elias (23 May 2011). "Somalia: Unrecognised Somaliland Celebrates 20 Years of Self-Rule". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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