"...Somaliland is not now in danger, but its success may be tarnished if Somalilanders blame their problems only on the lack of international recognition..." Micheal Rubin
- Somaliland is an unlikely success. Somali dictator Siad Barre’s genocidal wrath destroyed more than 80 percent of Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital city, and leveled other towns. And yet, despite a lack of formal international recognition or external assistance, it has reconstructed its cities and built a communications infrastructure that rivals any country in Africa if not beyond.