Yes, its system supported by Ethiopia. They played somaliland and FGS with MOU. Somaliland should have known no recognition was coming when they removed them as country from ethiopian airlines website and dhabshill did same thing. When somalia forced ethiopian planes to cancel hargeisa flights they listened. Ethiopia is pitting everyone against each other to get best deal possible and to ensure we under their thumb.
If somaliland is recognized it will result in ethiopia having less power of it not more. Ethiopia probably wished djibouti was part of somalia so it can play its little games with them too. They like this constant power struggle inside somalia and folks running to it for help
I think Ethiopia tried to get the MoU done but US behind the scenes pressure was just too much. They were gonna wait for Trump to try for the MoU but Trump is not only pro-SL but seems to be for Somaliland recognition so the MoU is less viable now because SL position is stronger.
I think Ethiopia wanted the MoU there's no better deal than the MoU on the table right now and so it's a loss for them.
When I posted this before everyone was like it's a wrap for SL, there's no hope for a pro-SL agenda lol.