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Israeli ambassador arrives in Somaliland, doubling tensions in the Horn of Africa

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The ambassador, Michael Lotem, is the first Israeli diplomat to take up the post, based in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.

Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but has not won wide international recognition, which makes any foreign diplomatic presence there politically sensitive, especially for Somalia.

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