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  "path": "/is-the-united-states-getting-ready-to-partition-somalia/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-08T16:45:23.000Z",
  "site": "https://liberationnews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Africa",
    "Analysis",
    "Horn of Africa",
    "imperialism",
    "Israel",
    "Somalia",
    "somaliland"
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  "textContent": "Israel’s decision to unilaterally recognize Somaliland as a separate country threatens to upend the fragile unity of Somalia – which is larger than Texas – opening the door to further partition and its falling apart into mini-states. It also crosses one of Africa’s major red lines – that is, the preservation of state borders inherited at the time of independence.",
  "title": "Is the United States Getting Ready to Partition Somalia?"
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