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Somalia Up against Corporations Treating Somaliland as Independent Territory

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Somalia Up against Corporations Treating Somaliland as Independent Territory

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Somalia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) referred to the country’s provisional constitution to order companies to slash the name of Somaliland, the self-declared independent territory, from their network information sites.

Somalia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) referred to the country’s provisional constitution to order companies to slash the name of Somaliland, the self-declared independent territory, from their network information sites.

Somalia says it will make good its threat of punishing corporate bodies labelling or operating as though Somaliland is an independent territory.

Mogadishu had said all firms with operations in Somalia should, by September 1, have altered information on their network platforms to reflect that Somaliland was a part of Somalia.

Somalia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) referred to the country’s provisional constitution to order companies to slash the name of Somaliland, the self-declared independent territory, from their network information sites.

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Money transfer agencies such as Paysii, Dahabshil and Jubba Express were specifically named in that communique which was also meant to draw the attention of other remittance dealers and companies to stop using the name of Somaliland and instead apply to Somalia, giving a deadline. Ethiopian Airlines which flies to Hargeisa and Mogadishu was also fingered after it had labelled the Somaliland destination as a separate country.