Somalia said it welcomes an Egyptian offer to deploy troops once the mandate of an African Union peace keeping mission expires in December. The decision is seen from Ethiopia as a hostile move, amid tension between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the Ethiopian renaissance dam. Somalian officials issued a statement following a summit in the Eritrean capital, attended by Egyptian president Abdelfattah El-Sissi. Somalia, Eriteria, and Egypt signed an agreement to back Somalian forces in their fight against terrorist groups. Ethiopia has previously warned that it will not accept Egyptian troops on its borders, adding that this would be considered as a casus belli.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 14, 2024 14:11 UTC