What is Waddani in the country officially known as  the Republic of Somaliland
Waddani Waddani (Somali: "Waddani", "Wadani", "Wadaani" , Arabic: واداني‎ ‎ ) is a political party in Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.
Wadai Empire The Wadai Empire or Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة وداي‎ ‎ , French: "royaume du Ouaddaï" ; 1635–1912) was a kingdom located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad and in the Central African Republic. It emerged in the sixteenth century as an offshoot of the Sultanate of Darfur (in present-day Sudan) to the northeast of the Kingdom of Baguirmi.