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Students wave a Somali flag during a demonstration in support of Somalia’s government following the port deal signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland at Eng Yariisow Stadium in Mogadishu on January 3, 2024. (Photo by ABDISHUKRI HAYBE/AFP via Getty Images)
ABIY AHMED

Abiy’s port in a storm

Landlocked Ethiopia wants a port, any port. Somaliland has a coastline and wants someone to recognise the self-governing territory as a fully-fledged country. So a deal was made…

  • Samuel Getachew
  • Simon Allison
  • The Continent
  • Hussein Mohamed
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