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Somaliland, 8 November 2025 — Somaliland has called on the international community, the United Nations, and global aviation bodies to urgently intervene in Somalia's airspace dispute, accusing the Federal Government of Somalia of taking unilateral actions that endanger civilian aviation in the region.
The appeal was made on Saturday by the Somaliland Airspace Management Conference, chaired by President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi ‘Irro’.
The conference was held on Saturday at the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports Development Headquarters in Hargeisa.
The meeting focused on Somaliland’s airspace management and sovereignty, aviation safety, and the growing political tensions linked to the e-Visa system recently introduced by the Federal Government of Somalia.
A communiqué issued after the conference said Somalia’s recent measures could cause aviation insecurity and pose risks of international magnitude.
It urged ICAO, IATA, and the United Nations to take concrete steps to prevent such threats.
“We call on the international community to carefully examine the potential dangers arising from Somalia’s attempt to control Somaliland’s airspace, as this issue directly affects the safety and stability of international civil aviation,” the communiqué read.
President Irro stated that Somaliland firmly rejects Somalia’s claim over its airspace, emphasizing that “the skies of Somaliland are a non-negotiable national boundary.”
“The Government of Somaliland affirms that the airspace, land, and sea of Somaliland are independent, and any authorization for their use must be obtained from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports Development of Somaliland,” President Irro said.
This latest resolution come just days after Somaliland announced that Somalia’s e-Visa would not be recognized at its airports — a move that has further intensified the airspace dispute between Mogadishu and Hargeisa.
