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Grounded in Politics: Why the U.S. must reconsider its stance on Somali airspace and Somaliland

In a revealing episode of geopolitical turbulence, a small aircraft en route to Hargeisa was recently grounded—not due to mechanical failure or adverse weather, but by a political directive from Somalia’s federal government in Mogadishu.

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