Since then, Ethiopia has been fully dependent on its neighbours – especially Djibouti – for access to ports and international shipping routes. Yet Abiy is clear that his country will gain favourable access to the sea and key international trading routes – one way or the other. Abiy is increasingly sounding and acting like another world leader whose imperial ambitions and aggression have already caused immense pain and suffering: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Abiy’s Ethiopia clearly has ambitions to not only gain access to the sea but become a great power in the world. African nations should put an end to Abiy’s imperial ambitions for good, before it is too late.

Source: Ethiopian News November 14, 2023 13:40 UTC