Yesterday Somalia took up the rotating position of Chair of the UN Security Council. This has little formal importance but is symbolic & allows (temporary) control of the UNSC agenda, which can be helpful if a state has particular interests.

But, while fragile in an any case, Somalia's sovereign integrity has been further weakened by Israel's 'recognition' of the self governing internal region of Somaliland.

Whether these two things are linked remains to be seen.

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