Horndiplomat-Clarkston City, Georgia, USA recognizes Somaliland’s Sovereignty becoming the first city in the US to recognize Somaliland.
This is the first American City Council passing this motion and truthfully despite the Council sagacious and perceptive consideration; the success and the achievement is the result of and fruits of the untiring and industriousness lobby of Somaliland Diaspora activists/lobbyists who have worked on the promotion and leading Sixty Days Campaign, and continuously volunteering for the interests of their country, and of the advocacy for Somaliland’s human right of self-determination and sovereign statehood.
Clarkston is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 12,742 as of 2016. The Clarkston Campus of Georgia State University’s Perimeter College is just south of the city limits.
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By: Jama Mohamed, Horndiplomat’s correspondent in Washington
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