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Michael Langley, commander of U.S. Africa Command, told lawmakers recently. Somaliland was a British protectorate until it unified with present-day Somalia in 1960, which had ties with Italy.

It claims the territory of the former British protectorate of Somaliland. The UK had granted Somaliland sovereign status on 26 June 1960. The Somali government tried to stomp out calls for secession.