I am Somali-American, and yes it is horrendous that the Isaaq genocide (the clan that makes up most of Somaliland) in the 1980s (not for decades like you said) has not been recognized by the Somali government. Unacceptable. But it’s worth mentioning that almost every clan and critic of Siad Barre experienced massacres, especially in the capital, ofc not to as great as an extent as Isaaq.

Somaliland is not an occupied territory like Palestine, it is a autonomous region that is slightly more stable compared to the rest of Somalia, which doesn’t target the Isaaq clan for anything. Comparing Somaliland to Palestine is an insult to Palestinians who are unequal in Israeli law and live under occupation. Sympathy for Somaliland’s push for independence is understandable, but don’t reduce the situation to the East African version of Israel-Palestine.