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What might happen next after Israel's recognition of Somaliland

A man holds a flag of Somaliland in front of the Hargeisa War Memorial monument in Hargeisa on November 7, 2024. [AFP]

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland’s secession is the most consequential geopolitical development in the Horn and East African Coast since the end of colonialism, with ramifications across Africa and the Middle East.

It could set off a chain reaction of copycat secessionist ambitions in the Horn of Africa and Near East, occasioning a further dismemberment of the African continent and Arabian Gulf, especially in Yemen.

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