What to Know:Ethiopia has struck a port deal with the Somalian breakaway state of Somaliland to gain Red Sea access, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office announced earlier today. The Deal:The deal, in short, allows for Ethiopia, a landlocked country, to have access to the Red Sea through the port of Berbera in a lease agreement with Somaliland. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of our nation, Somalia, are sacrosanct. And it’s the duty of our government, as well as citizens, to safeguard both our sovereignty & territorial integrity. ?has no carte Blanche to violate our territorial integrity https://t.co/UHqZ8fMuv3 — Abdirizak Mohamed MP (@AbdirizakOm) January 1, 2024Somalia is expected to fully reject the deal, but a response remains unknown.

Source: Ethiopian News January 02, 2024 04:34 UTC