M. Amin
Pirates give hard time not only the vessels but the lives of innocent Somalilanders
According to the International Maritime Organization, Somalia Pirates abducted more than 69 vessels since January 2008.
Most of the vessels were released millions of ransom payments.
In recent information shows that there is a link between Mogadisho extremist insurgents and the pirates' and one of the major vessel companies has already imposed sections to the vessels going through what is known the Somali waters.
However, on contrary the Somaliland territorial waters were free from pirates, and even one case was not witnessed since the reclamation of the Somaliland independent on 18^th^ May, 1991, but the international community still respects as Somalia.
Somaliland has its own coast guards, equipped with high speed boats. And Somaliland marines guard all Somaliland territorial waters from any attacks that Somali pirates may try.
Unfortunately the huge amount of ransom payment received by the Somali pirates may give chance to spread through out the red sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The vessels who paid the ransom, has already left their home origin, but Somaliland and it's citizens are still neighbor to Somalia where the pirates are increasing daily, with huge money they earn from the vessel's ransoms.
The insurance companies has increased the price of the insurance of the vessels destined to the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia and Somaliland.
However, everybody in the world has enough information, that Somaliland reclaimed its independent from Somalia in 1991. But the international community gives deaf ears to recognize its status.
This has created two major problems in the region.

1. Instability: Unconsciously or consciously the world still looking what is going on Somalia. Extremists are spreading and getting more support, to infiltrate in the region, like the recent suicide attack in Hargeisa on 29/10/2008. This if Somaliland is recognized, it will play major role, and of course in this stage Somaliland plays touchable role in the region's stability.
2. Look what is going on in the sea: are we still blind that the instability has touched all over the world. If the world still looks blind to this, the pirates will not only stay in territory of Somalia, but it will reach not only to Somaliland, but also Kenya, Tanzania, Djibouti, Yemen and even to the canal Suez.

The problem has already touched the lives of Somalilanders, because every single item is going to double its former price compared last year. The ability of purchasing is going down and down, because of the high insurance prices to the vessels toward the red sea.
We hear or read from the press that EU or US as well as UN, that anti piracy forces are engaging to the Somalia's chaos waters.
Robert Wood, US state Department Deputy Spokesman in a Daily Press Briefing in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2008 says " No, I mean, you raise a very valid point. Somalia is a very serious - the situation in Somalia is a very serious matter for the United States as well as other countries around the world. What we think is the best long-term solution to dealing with not only the piracy issue but also the issue of instability in Somalia is to deal with that particular element: stabilizing Somalia. It's going to require, you know, a long-term commitment of the international community to try to bring that about. But you know, Somalia is indeed a very serious problem, and we are working with our partners within the UN framework to try to see what we can do to not only deal with this piracy issue effectively, but also with how we can go one step further and deal with the stabilization issue in Somalia. Because, as I said, in the long term, that's going to be the only answer to the problems that we confront with, you know, the situation in Somalia.
We're working to try to do what we can to help the transition national government, but it's a difficult situation. And if it weren't difficult, we would have solved it by now. But it's going to take a long-term commitment on the part of the international community to solve it. And so, as I said, we're working through the UN. We'll continue to do that and see if we can come up with a long-term solution to that problem."
Can someone say, the world is encouraging Somalia's pirates? Because they are the one's who pay ransom and complains. But do the worlds know that its money was bought more army equipment and boats for the pirates. And now they can operate anywhere in the oceans. But the poor Somalilanders suffers because of lack
This is just a dream or a dram played by the world! If the world wants peaceful waters the doors are open! Just few lines or word deserve the stability of the Horn sea waters. It is the recognition of Somaliland. As soon as the international community recognizes Somaliland, the solution will come. Somaliland coastal guards will receive support for doing their responsibility to prevent the pirates and the international forces will get a base to deal with the pirates.
All in all, the international community is missing one thing in the history!
Only the people of Somaliland can change something about the situation of the Horn!
In 1960s the world wanted to prevent Somalia's claims to the Somali ethnic lands in Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti. For sake of that, the world liked the separation of the two Somali United States (Somalia and Somaliland)' but on contrary Somalilanders wanted to unite all Somalis under one flag. For they reason they united with Somalia, making the new state of Somali Republic. Late in 1980s Somaliland people decided to dissolve their union with Somalia, after they suffered decades under Barre's dictatorial administration, they took the guns and overthrown Barre. They reclaimed their state after the collapse of Barre's Somali Democratic Republic government. Both of the states went back their origin names. Somalia was named again as "Somalia" and Somaliland was named again as "Somaliland", because in the days of Union, Somalia drop out its name the letter A, while Somaliland dropped out "Land" and it come Somali Democratic Republic. Later after the collapse of the union state, the UN Security council passed the resolution that keeps the territorial integrity of Somalia, not Somali Democratic Republic in legal terms.
Beside that, only the Somaliland people have changed the map of the region, both in 1960 and in 1990s.