Of Somalia transitional government and regional officials invited to the hearing, the foreign minister of the Republic of Somaliland declined to attend.
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Not everyone is happy with the agreement, in particular the RepublicofSomaliland, the north-western, formerly British-run, chunk which unilaterally declared independence in 1991.
Apart from a few new states that have become independent only since 1990, such as Eritrea and (de facto) Somaliland, the only laggard has been the inaptly-named Democratic Republicof Congo.