CategoryDiplomacy

The recent pact between Ethiopia and a breakaway Somali territory has sparked debate and has the potential to shift alliances in the Horn of Africa and Middle East. In January 2024, Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a memorandum in Addis Ababa, granting Ethiopian naval forces access to a portion of Somaliland’s coastline in the Gulf of Aden...