The former British Protectorate of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Somaliland" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a> gains its independence as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Somaliland" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="State of Somaliland">Somaliland</a>.