This was interesting thank you for posting it.Here's a clip of a xildhibaan from SL that was part of the negotiations with hsm and Sheikh shariif he said let's make hargeisa the capital and split the gov seats north and south..the south said no to everything. Start from 3:20 mark up to 12:30 mark.
The only thing I would say though is that I don't actually believe the leaders like Biixi are not actually trying to be an independent country. I believe their ploy is to have better terms to negotiate on their role in the federal Republic.