A U.S. delegation traveled to Somaliland, the disputed territory in the Horn of Africa, last week to meet with President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (more popularly known as Irro) and others.
U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Richard Riley and Gen. Michael Langley, the commander of U.S. Africa Command, led the U.S. delegation, which was in Somaliland from Tuesday through Thursday, according to a State Department spokesperson.
“They met with President Irro and other Somaliland government officials to discuss shared interests in the Horn of Africa,” the spokesperson added. “The U.S. delegation also met with international partners and civil society representatives.”
Somaliland, which declared its independence from Somalia in 1991, resembles a Western country and does not share the same problems Somalia had dealt with for decades, including instability, terrorism,
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