The Brits were present at the birth of the 1st Somali Republic that united Italian Somaliland and the disparate northern clan territories that UK coppled together as British Somaliland Protectorate.

Somali Republic : The entity created after the unification but was replaced by Siad Barre with Somali Democratic Republic which ceased to exist in19991.

It is ironic that the UK which is debating its own issues with Scotland's push for independence wants to try and revive the defunct "Somali Republic" (The unratified union between Somaliland and Somalia in 1960).

Somali Republic (SO)

The Unitary state - Somali Republic was recognized by the international community on September, 20, 1960 when Somali Republic was accepted into the United Nations.

FIVE DAYS LATER on 1 July 1960 the temporary trial union started called The Somali Republic which was tested at the Referendum in 1961 .

This can start with the proposal of the north taking the leadership of the country (Somali Republic) and teaching the democracy they claimed to have discovered.

This is the place where the long struggle for Somali independence and pride began and culminated in the creation of Somali republic in 1960.

Somaliland is an autonomous region, which is part of the Somali republic.