Editing Secession (section)

===Somalia===
[[Somaliland]] is an autonomous region,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/world/africa/02somalia.html No Winner Seen in Somalia's Battle With Chaos] New York Times, June 2, 2009</ref> which is part of the [[Somalia|Federal Republic of Somalia]].<ref>[http://www.chr.up.ac.za/hr_docs/countries/docs/charterfeb04.pdf The Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325022231/http://www.chr.up.ac.za/hr_docs/countries/docs/charterfeb04.pdf |date=2009-03-25 }}: "The Somali Republic shall have the following boundaries. (a) North; Gulf of Aden. (b) North West; Djibouti. (c) West; Ethiopia. (d) South south-west; Kenya. (e) East; Indian Ocean."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/|title=The World Factbook|work=cia.gov|access-date=12 August 2015}}</ref> Those who call the area the ''Republic of Somaliland'' consider it to be the successor state of the former [[British Somaliland]] [[protectorate]]. Having established its own local government in Somalia in 1991, the region's self-declared independence remains [[Diplomatic recognition|unrecognized]] by any country or international organization.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/05/world/africa/05somaliland.html|title=The Signs Say Somaliland, but the World Says Somalia|first=Marc|last=Lacey|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 5, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia991.pdf|title=UN in Action: Reforming Somaliland's Judiciary}}</ref>