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A hasty deal offering recognition of Somaliland s sovereignty and a port for Ethiopia has angered the region, By announcing a trade-off on New Year s Day – putative recognition of Somaliland s independence in exchange for access to the Gulf of Aden – Ethiopia s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Somaliland counterpart Muse Bihi Abdi have united the region against them, ramping up tensions at a highly volatile time. ....
The premier is targeting direct access to the Red Sea, a move that could destabilise the region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose popularity has plummeted at home and abroad due to the war in Tigray, the chaos in Oromia, and now conflict in Amhara, appears to have a new plan to pull the country behind him – by securing direct access to the Red Sea. But that could open a Pandora s Box in the Horn of Africa in the process. ....
Abiy s clumsy proposal to swap shares in the Nile dam for access to a port took the region by surprise, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shocked allies and enemies alike when he announced on 13 October that access to the Red Sea was an existential issue for his landlocked country and Ethiopians needed to discuss it urgently. The speech addressed to MPs was carried on all state-owned media. ....