Northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Somaliland" id="mwAV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Somaliland">Republic of Somaliland</a>.