Puntland–Somaliland dispute

Puntland–Somaliland dispute
Part of the Somali Civil War

Map of Somaliland within Somalia. The blue parts are Puntland/SSC Khatumo
Date1998 – present
Location
Sool, Sanaag & Togdheer region
Result

Ongoing

Territorial
changes
Khatumo forces partially seize the Sool and region from Somaliland and reintegrate it into the Federal Government of Somalia
Belligerents
 Somaliland

 Somalia


 Puntland
Commanders and leaders

Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
Former:

Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1993 - 2002)
Dahir Riyale Kahin (2002 - 2010)
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (2010 - 2017)
Muse Bihi Abdi (2017 - 2024)

Said Abdullahi Deni
Abdikhadir Ahmed Aw-Ali
Former:
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Yusuf Haji Nur
Jama Ali Jama
Mohamed Abdi Hashi
Mohamud Muse Hersi
Abdirahman Farole

Abdiweli Gaas
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Hamza Abdi Barre
Strength

3,000 men

  • 4 tanks and 40 armed vehicles

2,300 men

  • 24 armed vehicles with 2 tanks
Casualties and losses
30 killed and 3 captured as POW Over 100 killed and 140 captured as pow

The Puntland–Somaliland dispute is an ongoing dispute and conflict over the provinces of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn of Togdheer regions between the self-declared Republic of Somaliland and the Puntland state of Somalia.