Following the November 2017 elections, political parties inSomaliland continue to be engaged in a protracted politicalheadlock, which locals have dubbed “walking in circles.” Afternumerous and unsuccessful efforts at local negotiations andmediation, the European Union Ambassador to Somalia,Mr. Nicolas Berlanga, brokered a political settlement betweenthe three political parties on the 27th of February 2020 inHargeisa for the second time in less than a year.