Somaliland. Waqohi Galbed province. Hargeisa. Memorial monument. A hand holds in its fingers the map of Somaliland, painted in green the colour of Islam. A group of black muslim talk close to a truck. After a long war, on May 18, 1991, the major Somaliland clan, namely Isaaq, declared independence from the Somalia. Somaliland is an unrecognised de facto sovereign state located in the Horn of Africa. Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland. © 2006 Didier Ruef