Maakhir

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Maakhir State of Somalia
ولاية ماخر الصومال
2004–2005
Anthem: Soomaaliyeey toosoo
Location of Maakhir
CapitalDhahar
Common languagesSomali
President 
History 
• Declared
1 July 2004
• Dissolved
11 January 2005
Area
• Total
75,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi)
CurrencySomalishilling
Calling code252
Internet TLD.so
Succeeded by
Somalia
Today part ofSomalia

Maakhir (Somali: Goboleedka Maakhir, Arabic: ماخر Mākhir), officially the Maakhir State of Somalia (Somali: Maamul Goboleedka Maakhir; Arabic: ولاية ماخر الصومال Wilāyah Mākhir al-Ṣūmāl) was a short-lived quasi-state in the Sanaag region of eastern Somalia.[1][2]

History[edit]

Maakhir is the only Somali territory a foreign flag had never been hoisted while the rest of Somalia’s fast regions were cut into small pieces by other foreign powers. In general Somali territories were divided into five territories. Present day Djibouti was called French Somaliland until 1977. Until 1949, the Northern section of Somalia in which Maakhir was part of it but fully autonomous Sultanate was known to Western Powers as British Somaliland [1].

Somaliland military operations[edit]

On 25–26 February 2008, a Somaliland-aligned, well armed force laid siege to Hadaftimo, causing a brief state of emergency before the force withdrew back to western Erigavo. Maakhir authority responded with a military buildup in the Maakhir-controlled part of Erigavo.[3]

Hostilities re-emerged on 9 July 2008, when Somaliland invaded and occupied Laas Qoray port for few hours, under the pretext of a rescue mission (German citizens were allegedly being held hostage in Laas Qoray by pirates).[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Piskunova, Natalia (2013). "State Failure in the Contemporary International System: New Trends, New Threats". In Krishna-Hensel, Sai Felicia (ed.). Order and Disorder in the International System. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 115–130. ISBN 9781409489078.
  2. ^ Yuusuf, Muuse (20 May 2021). The Genesis of the Civil War in Somalia: The Impact of Foreign Military Intervention on the Conflict. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-7556-2711-0.
  3. ^ The political development of Somaliland and its conflict with Puntland.
  4. ^ CIIDAMADA SOMALILAND OO DHAAWAC U GAYSTAY MID KA MID AH DADKA XUSUL DUUBKA UGU JIRA SII DAYNTA DADKA AFDUUBKA LOO HAYSTO. (Somali)