Taiwanese Troops to Serve in Somaliland

John Rosenberg is a U.S.-Africa government relations and national security specialist in Washington.

For the first time, the disputed African region of Somaliland will be included in 14 countries and territories that will host Taiwanese soldiers as part of an alternative directive that allows them to do their national military service overseas. Somaliland has been lobbying for independence from Somalia, in part by establishing relations with Taiwan. The troop agreement will likely strengthen relations between Mogadishu and China.

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