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The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
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British Somaliland
British protectorate from 1888 to 1960
British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate, was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in modern Somaliland. It was bordered by Italian Somalia, French Somali Coast and Abyssinia. From 1940 to 1941, it was part of Italian East Africa.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
State of Somaliland
1960 short-lived state in the Horn of Africa
Somaliland, officially the State of Somaliland, was an independent sovereign state in the territory of the present-day unilaterally declared Republic of Somaliland, which regards itself as its legal successor. It existed on the territory of former British Somaliland for five…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)