Reuters published on 14 March 2025 an article titled "Somalia and Somaliland Say No Talks on Resettling Palestinians from Gaza."
The Associated Press quoted US and Israeli officials as saying their governments had contacted officials from Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland to discuss their reaction to resettling Palestinians from Gaza. Sudanese and Somali officials responded they were unaware of any such contact but quickly rejected any such proposal. Somaliland officials also were unaware of any contact about resettlement.
Comment: Whether contact was or was not made, this is a really bad idea. War-torn Sudan and al-Shabaab-threatened Somalia are no place to go. Resettling Gazans in Somaliland would further complicate the fraught relationship between Somalia and Somaliland. And what about the Gazans? They do not appear to have any interest in being forcibly moved to the Horn of Africa.
