State · 2023
North East State of Somalia
A state of 2023 in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Maakhir, Northland State and SSC State and followed Factions in the Somali Civil War. Its line of rulers holds 1 person.
- Wikidata records no end for this state; the atlas ends it where the borders dataset last draws it, 2023.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Rulers
- 1
- the President of Waqooyibari
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Maakhir · replaces · 2007 – 2009
- Northland State · replaces
- SSC State · replaces
- Factions in the Somali Civil War · follows
Rulers
The line of President of Waqooyibari - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdikhadir Ahmed Aw-Ali | 2023 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 2023 – 2023. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedFlag of North Eastern State of Somalia · CC0 
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the North East State of Somalia · CC0
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 2013 – 2033, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 2023, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q2621587 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.