I'm not defending the idea of seccession merely rationalising it's existence. I'm telling you why this happened, not declaring whether or not it's better for somalis as a whole in some idealist world where we don't have the mafia as a government.
Secessionism is emotional. Your grievance ended in 1990 when Siad Barre was ousted.
Somaliland then could have declared itself the government of Somalia and dampen the issue in south. Perfect time. Secondly Somaliland does not the geography to sustain itself. 34 years since declaring yourself independent. Tell me the gdp per capita, gdp, HDI of Somaliland, is it food secure? Whats the poverty rate? Whats the employment rate? Whats the literacy rate. They have done nothing for themselves and the leaders there wanna sell to the people that in order for everything to be well, they need recognition. Well look at Kosovo, look at Catalonia, look at Taiwan.
Taiwan believes its the rightful chinese government and they believe that all of China belongs to them.
Secessionist have nothing going on for them, they full of hate and this hate has turned into action by selling land of another qabil to get ictiraaf.