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Countries that are not a country yet: Somaliland

 

-After Somalia was formed by combining Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland after Somaliland got their independence, the union proved disastrous as Somalia's Barre regime was harsh towards the Issaq clan of Somaliland after the Ogaden War (a war between Ethiopia and Somalia for the Somali-occupied Ogaden region which had the Soviet Union, Cuba and South Yemen intervene), thus began the War for Somaliland Independence.

-After the war for their independence, they finally got their independence on 1991. 

-Although, they do have diplomatic contacts with other countries like Ethiopia, they are not recognised as a country globally or by the United Nations, which is why they are not visible on Google Maps yet. 

-Following a Las Anod conflict in 2022, they lost land from a warring faction that broke away into the Khatumo State led by a leading clan of a group of regions called the SSC. 








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