What is worse is claiming a place you have no control over
The Federal government has to claim all the territory of the Somali Republic, it has no choice in this. It is not a question of control but law. Do you think Kabila in Kinshasa has much control over what happens in Kivu? No, but he claims all of Congo because he must. Control used to be, but no longer is, associated with sovereignty. Especially not in Africa after the adoption of the "Inviolability of Borders" doctrine. It is next to impossible to change borders, and it becomes harder every decade. Say what you want about Somaliland being independent for 4 days, it is seen by the entire world as being indivisible from Somalia. Anyone who says otherwise is not to be taken seriously.