Zitat: Somaliland ist eine de facto unabhängige Nation am Horn von Afrika, die niemand wirklich anerkennt, obwohl sie in jeder Hinsicht besser ist als (Rest von?) Somalia. Somaliland hat das Potenzial Indiens 🇮🇳 kann es sich nicht leisten, es zu verpassen, 🇮🇳 war zu spät, um Dschibuti zu verfehlen.
Somaliland's Berbera port, 1/2 pic.twitter.com/raabybJb4q
- Adithya Krishna Menon (@AdithyaKM_) January 1, 2024

Zitat:Somali Anger Over Somaliland Granting Ethiopia Access to Port

In a deal being described as "historic", landlocked Ethiopia has secured access to the Red Sea through a deal agreement with Somaliland, granting it use of the breakaway region's strategic Berbera port.

But the agreement was reported as a "surprise", and the government of Somalia has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, vowing to defend Somali territory by "all legal means possible". Somaliland is a region in northern Somalia which declared independence from Somalia in 1991. Somaliland's sovereignty is not globally recognised, but it has a government and elections.

Ethiopia lost direct access to the coast after Eritrea's independence in 1993, and its been reliant on Djibouti's ports.

Zitat:Ethiopia and Somalia - Conflict Brewing Over Port Deal

Ethiopia's agreement with breakaway region Somaliland, seeking port access in exchange for potential sovereignty recognition, could cause upheaval in the Horn of Africa. Somalia views it as an attack on its sovereignty.

Under different circumstances, the kind of deal agreed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland would have been relatively straightforward. One country grants its landlocked neighbor access to a seaport and, by extension, to international trade and, in return, is rewarded a political prize.

But Somaliland is just a de facto country. And since the political prize was nothing less than Ethiopia taking steps towards recognizing Somaliland as a sovereign state, serious repercussions have followed.

The Somali government in Mogadishu has called its ambassador to Addis Ababa for consultation. On Saturday, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a law nullifying the agreement. In a social media post, he described his move as an "illustration of our commitment to safeguard our unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity as per international law." From a Somali point of view, this would make all further steps by Ethiopia and Somaliland illegal.

Zitat:Ethiopian Air Force Shows Its AKINCI UCAV
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Ethiopian Air Force Shows Its AKINCI UCAV
A Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV used by the Ethiopian Air Force was seen on the Ethiopian TV channel Fana Television.
As the tensions between Somalia and Ethiopia rose, Ethiopia displayed some of its air forces equipment, including Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV. In addition to AKINCI, several Su-27UB twin-seater fighter jets were seen as well.

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There has been a dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia stemming from the former’s attempts at cooperation with Somaliland, which unilaterally separated from Somalia.