Somalia’s President Mohamud visits provincial capital claimed by Somaliland

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was in Somalia’s Las Anod on Friday, the first visit by a head of state in more than 40 years.

The trip comes amid growing tensions between Mogadishu and the breakaway region of Somaliland that claims Las Anod, the provincial capital of Sool, as its own.

In 2007, Somaliland took control of Las Anod but was forced to withdraw in 2023 after deadly clashes with Somali forces and pro-Mogadishu militias.

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