{"id":44212,"date":"2026-01-07T03:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=44212"},"modified":"2026-01-07T03:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:59:59","slug":"algeria-condemns-israeli-move-urges-african-unity-on-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=44212","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Condemns Israeli Move, Urges African Unity on Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers, Algeria<\/strong> \u2013 Algeria has strongly condemned Israel&#8217;s recent actions regarding Somalia and called for a unified African response to protect the country&#8217;s sovereignty. The condemnation came during a ministerial meeting of the African Union&#8217;s Peace and Security Council, held virtually to address the evolving situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting focused on the serious implications of Israel&#8217;s move to recognize the self-declared \u201cSomaliland,\u201d a decision that has sparked widespread concern across Africa and the international community. <\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Attaf, Algeria&#8217;s Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, and African Affairs, reiterated Algeria&#8217;s firm condemnation of this unilateral action during his address. He affirmed Algeria&#8217;s unwavering solidarity with Somalia in its efforts to preserve its national unity and territorial integrity. Attaf warned that this move represents an attempt to create a new hotspot of tension and instability in the Horn of Africa, adding to the crises and conflicts already fueled by Israeli policies in other regions.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister emphasized that this recognition constitutes a grave violation of a fundamental African principle: respect for borders inherited from colonialism. He further stated that it is a clear breach of the basic principles of international law and the United Nations Charter, posing a direct threat to efforts to establish security and stability in Somalia and the region as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe current situation demands a collective African commitment to strengthen unity in the face of all attempts to destabilize states and undermine their sovereignty,\u201d<\/em> Attaf stated. He stressed the need to defend the rules and principles upon which the African and United Nations systems are based, ensuring peace and security on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria maintains that a united African front is crucial to safeguarding Somalia&#8217;s sovereignty and preventing further destabilization in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers, Algeria \u2013 Algeria has strongly condemned Israel&#8217;s recent actions regarding Somalia and called for a unified African response to protect the country&#8217;s sovereignty. The condemnation came during a ministerial meeting of the African Union&#8217;s Peace and Security Council, held v&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44214,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44212\/revisions\/44214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}