Who controls Somaliland’s skies? The Somalia-Somaliland airspace dispute pits competing aviation authorities against each other over sovereignty, control, visas and flight operations By Siyad Madey Since November 10, 2025, Somalia and Somaliland have issued conflicting instructions to the same aircraft on the same day. Somaliland’s Civil Aviation and Airports Authority requires prior permission for any overflight of its territory; Somalia’s Civi…
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