{"id":46242,"date":"2025-12-30T06:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46242"},"modified":"2025-12-30T06:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:35:31","slug":"south-africa-accuses-israel-of-external-interference-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/30\/south-africa-accuses-israel-of-external-interference-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa accuses Israel of external interference in Somalia \u2013 Newsday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has rejected and criticised Israel\u2019s decision to recognise Somaliland as an independent state.<\/p>\n<p>Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent country from Somalia on 26 December.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would seek immediate cooperation with Somaliland in agriculture, health, technology and the economy. He further invited Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi to visit in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia\u2019s government condemned Israel\u2019s move as an \u201cunlawful step\u201d and a \u201cdeliberate attack\u201d on its sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ministry spokesperson Chrispin Phiri, the South African government has chosen to stand with Somalia. <\/p>\n<p>DIRCO said on 29 December that it sees the recognition as a violation of the Federal Republic of Somalia\u2019s territorial integrity and a direct threat to peace in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe uphold the African Union\u2019s principle of <em>uti possidetis<\/em>, the sanctity of inherited borders, as the continent\u2019s essential safeguard against conflict,\u201d Phiri said.<\/p>\n<p>Chairperson of the African Union, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has already similarly reaffirmed the union\u2019s commitment to Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>He said that recognising Somaliland as an independent state risks setting a dangerous precedent with \u201cfar-reaching implications for peace and stability across the continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phiri said that South Africa distinguishes between decolonisation and secession, arguing that while decolonisation restores sovereignty, secession dismantles it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael\u2019s action validates fragmentation and risks a domino effect of instability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry has urged the international community to take this same stance and reject the \u201cexternal interference\u201d and support a \u201cunited, stable Somalia.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Israel\u2019s action risks a domino effect of instability\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Israel\u2019s validation of Somaliland has prompted much global attention. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convened a meeting on Monday night in response to the matter.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>Al Jazeera<\/em>, the United States was the only member of the 15-member body not to condemn the recognition, although it said that it does not plan to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>The United States defended Israel\u2019s recognition and compared it to the recognition of an independent Palestinian state by numerous countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier this year, several countries, including members of this council, made the unilateral decision to recognise a nonexistent Palestinian state,\u201d said US ambassador to the UN Tammy Bruce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet no emergency meeting was called to express this Council\u2019s outrage,\u201d she added, accusing colleagues of \u201cdouble standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Somalia\u2019s UN ambassador, Abu Bakr Dahir Osman, called Israel\u2019s move an \u201cact of aggression\u201d and said that this \u201cutter disdain for law and morality must be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s deputy UN ambassador, Jonathan Millar, told the council that the decision was not a hostile step towards Somalia, \u201cnor does it preclude future dialogue between the parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecognition is not an act of defiance; it is an opportunity,\u201d Millar said. Somaliland President Abdullahi praised Israel\u2019s decision as a step toward regional and global peace.<\/p>\n<p>Somaliland has enjoyed effective autonomy since 1991, when Somalia descended into civil war, but the breakaway region has failed to receive recognition from any other country.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Somalia has rallied international actors against any country recognising Somaliland.<\/p>\n<p>The former British protectorate hopes that recognition by Israel will encourage other nations to follow suit, increasing its diplomatic heft and access to international markets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center border p-3 bg-light mt-4 rounded\">You have read 1 out of 5 free articles. Log in or register for unlimited access.<\/div>\n<p>                        <!-- Share Data Setup for JavaScript --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#South #Africa #accuses #Israel #external #interference #Somalia #Newsday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has rejected and criticised Israel\u2019s decision to recognise Somaliland as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46244,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46242\/revisions\/46244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}